Patients as Educators

Promoting the voice of patients in clinical education

Patients as Educators is a funded programme where we support and provide training to men (and their partners) affected by prostate cancer, to share their experiences with health and social care professionals in an informative, educational and non-judgemental way.

Our trained patient educators engage in a wide variety of opportunities throughout the UK, from presentations and talks at conferences and medical schools, to supporting the design and delivery of online learning for professionals.

Please do contact us if you would like a Patients as Educators volunteer to participate in your educational initiative.

A supportive infrastructure

Following the General Medical Council’s guidelines, we provide a supportive framework for our patient educators, including: a named contact for each volunteer, the provision of skills based training and thorough briefing before and after each activity.

"A lot of people who are actually treating prostate cancer don’t have many patients who say as much as he [the patient educator] said today, and clearly he’s been given the confidence to do so by this programme"

- Professor Tim Oliver, Oncologist

Feedback

Our patients as educators activities have been very well received by health and social care professionals, and the below feedback demonstrates the positive impact of the programme.

"Patient lecture was unexpectedly relevant "

- Delegate feedback, March 2013

"Very helpful to hear about patient journey, further emphasises the importance of communication"

- Delegate feedback, September 2013

"Patient story very moving, will try and increase time for cancer patients in surgery."

- Delegate feedback, January 2014

Find out more

To view a short clip offering further insight into the programme, and to hear from our expert speakers, delegates and one of our volunteers please watch the video below.

Linford Christie for Stronger Knowing More - © Dennis Morris assisted by Bolade Banjo

Linford Christie: "Beating prostate cancer is a marathon, not a sprint"

As the IAAF World Championships kicks off in London this weekend, legendary sprinter Linford Christie – one of the famous faces fronting our Stronger Knowing More campaign – tells us about his career-defining moment 25 years ago when he clinched Olympic gold, and how he's helping to raise awareness of black men's increased risk of prostate cancer.

"Prostate cancer was life-changing but I was adamant about continuing to make music"

"After dad’s death, we decided to do something to stop other families going through the pain we have"

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