Using Online Patient Stories to Educate

Healthcare Professionals

• Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a range of healthcare-based subject areas

• Emphasis on clinical skills• Need to understand the patient

as well as the condition

Background

• Interviewing expert patients

• Recording interviews (audio/ video)

• Uploading to Virtual Learning Environment

Plan A

Result

2013-14Total number of ‘views’ = 3

• Break films into small chunks

• Short activities between each chunk

• Padlet boards for further discussion / thoughts

Plan B

Examples

Result

2014-15Total number of ‘views’ = 316

Students Say…Knowing there

would be questions after meant I had to properly watch the films, which was good for me

to do

I think my empathy has improved now

I didn’t realise how illness can

affect all parts of somebody's life, and their family’s

life too

It’s like a bridge between being a professional and

being caringIt made me realise that illness

can hit anyone and impact on everyone’s life

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