The Real Struggles of Being a Published Author
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It’s time to get real. To pull back the curtain and share with you some of the struggles of trying to let the world know your books exist, much less get people to read them!
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Patient Partners - There's Strength in Numbers
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I’m pretty excited about a new way of patient engagement. Patients partnering with patients. This goes beyond the checkboxes and silos, traditional ways of including patients (sometimes seen as token gestures). It’s about patients owning the experience and amplifying the voices of others.
Read MoreTime to go Beyond Token Patient Engagement
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Being a patient volunteer can be rewarding, but it can also be extremely frustrating. Especially when you feel you are filling a token seat versus being an equal partner. It’s time to go beyond token patient engagement and look at patient volunteers as valued and equal partners in transforming healthcare.
Read MoreWhat's Your Motivation for Being a Patient Advocate?
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What motivates patients to volunteer? It’s not prestige or money but the desire to either right a wrong or improve the healthcare system by seeing the world from a patient’s perspective. If we truly want to have a variety of patient voices heard, we need to do the work to ensure any barriers to participation are removed and we value their voices.
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