Patient Engagement in Health Education Curriculum

Patient Engagement in Health Education Curriculum

Project Status:In progress

Knowledge User(s)

Patient and Public Partner

Funding Source(s)

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance

Project Objectives

The objective of this scoping review is to determine what the governance structures and process needs are to ensure that patients, families, and communities are engaged as partners in the co-design, implementation and evaluation of health education curricula.

Research Approach

Scoping Review

Project Lead(s)

Headshot of Candace Skrapek

Candace Skrapek

Position: Patient Partner

Candace Skrapek is a retired registered nurse. Following her retirement after a 40 year career, she has utilized her education, experience and expertise in numerous volunteer activities and patient advisory roles. Candace’s background as a health care provider and educator combined with her own experiences as a patient have led to her involvement as a patient partner with the SHA and SCPOR in a variety of quality improvement and health research initiatives. She is of the view that the patient’s influence can lead to more responsive, equitable, and innovative health research and health system transformation. For many years, Candace has been a dedicated advocate with the Saskatoon Council on Aging, focusing on promoting positive aging and creating a better quality of life for Saskatoon’s older adults.

She co-led the SCOA’s Age-friendly Saskatoon Initiative, a 5-year community based participatory action research project aimed at creating a more age-friendly Saskatoon.

Candace Skrapek

Patient Partner

Candace Skrapek is a retired registered nurse. Following her retirement...

Headshot of Diana Ermel

Diana Ermel

Position: Patient Partner

Diana is a retired nursing leader, having spent over 40 years working as a Nurse Educator. Diana recognizes the need for fostering collaborative partnerships in health care practice, education, research, and management. This informs her volunteer work, where she is a passionate advocate for patient engagement and for patients having an equal voice at all health-related decision-making tables. Currently, Diana serves as Past Chair of the Canadian Breast Cancer Network, is a Patient Partner on the SCPOR Patient Partner Advisory Council, co-teaches SPOR modules in Saskatchewan and is a patient partner on several research projects. She serves as co-chair of the SPOR Refresh Steering committee.

Diana Ermel

Patient Partner

Diana is a retired nursing leader, having spent over 40...

Kim Sears

Position: Queens University, Joanna Briggs Institute
Email: searsk@queensu.ca

Dr. Kim Sears is a Professor at Queen’s University. She is the Associate Director of Health Quality Programs. Dr. Sears has over thirty years’ experience as a nurse. Throughout her teaching experience, she has been primarily involved in the area of quality and safety in healthcare. She conducts an active program of research in health services with a focus on advancing quality care, reducing risk and improving patient safety. The majority of her work focuses on furthering the quality and safety of medication delivery. Dr. Sears has experience working integrative studies using systemic review methodology.

Kim Sears

Queens University, Joanna Briggs Institute

Dr. Kim Sears is a Professor at Queen’s University. She...

Project Outputs

In Progress