What do people think? For "lay" partner roles in healthcare, is it necessary to have had significant experience as a patient?
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Replying to @katemasters67
@katemasters67@allyc375 does that mean that I don't have an identity as a patient?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @gourmetpenguin
@gourmetpenguin@allyc375 you do, and it's a unique, informed view that I (as a non clinician) do not have1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @katemasters67
@katemasters67@allyc375 agree: just worry that it's easy to divide into patient/non-patient; doesn't help anyone2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @gourmetpenguin
@gourmetpenguin@katemasters67@allyc375 I wonder if HCP can ever have the 'rabbit in the headlights' perspective of a pt, once trained tho?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @C7RKY
@C7RKY@katemasters67@allyc375 don't know. I agree it's different. But it's also part of me. It doesn't disappear.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @gourmetpenguin
@gourmetpenguin@katemasters67@allyc375 Appreciated. But a pt's lack of understanding does disappear. Hard to stand in the same river again1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @C7RKY
@C7RKY@gourmetpenguin@katemasters67 As a long termer I got chucked in the river in 1998 on diagnosis & am still up to my neck.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@allyc375 @gourmetpenguin @katemasters67 You *are* a long-termer, aren't you? Makes me feel like the new kid on the block! :)
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