News Archive: October 2016

Thalassaemia International Federation leading postgraduate online patient centred medical education

Members
Dr. Androulla Eleiftheriou is the Executive Director of Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) and an IAPO Board Member. In this specially commissioned article, she explores how patients at TIF have led the way in patient centred medical education. TIF set-up an innovative online MSc degree in...

Can medically educated patients solve the global shortage of quality health professionals for UHCs by 2030?

Policy
WHO World Health Assembly (May 2016), WHO Regional Committee Meetings (Sep-Oct 2016) and the UN General Assembly Debate (Sep 2016) had great discussions on SDG 2030, UHC and health workforce strengthening. Kawaldip Sehmi, our CEO, has assembled critical thinking on this matter of some of the '...

Patient involvement in medical education: 'educating-in' patient centredness

Policy
Dr. Matthias Wienold (IAPO Treasurer and Board Member) and Stijntje Dijk (Liaison Officer International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) ) Stijntje, whom you all met at our Global Patients Congress 2016, and I held a joint workshop at the Association for Medical Education in...