Research and other patient partner opportunities
Introduction
Patient partners are those with lived experience, caregivers and/or family who collaborate with researchers to provide their unique perspectives through the research process.
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The inclusion of patient partners in research results in the following (see here):
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Improved patient safety
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Better health outcomes
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Reduced health care costs
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Better decision-making.
If you want to share your patient experience, below is a list of projects currently seeking patient partners. When choosing a project, consider the following:
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Do you fit the listed criteria?
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Do you have the requisite time and energy to commit fully to the project?
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Can you participate from home or will the project require your attendance elsewhere?​
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Opportunities
Working Group Member for a NP CPD Program
UBC Continuing Professional Development (UBC CPD) has recently launched a new Nurse Practitioner Continuing Professional Development (NP CPD) Program. This provincial initiative, developed in partnership with the Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC), is designed to support the ongoing learning and practice needs of nurse practitioners across British Columbia.
Open to: Participants across the province (participants ARE NOT required to be PVN members)
Deadline: June 19
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Working Group Member – Providence Health Care Medicine Program Medical Staff Model of Care Project
We are inviting patient partners volunteers to join a working/advisory group for a Medical Staff Model of Care Project. This initiative aims to refresh the current medical staff model of care (i.e., how health services are delivered by medical staff) to ensure the continued delivery of exceptional patient care, while also supporting PHC’s academic mission and the health and wellbeing of medical staff.
Open to: Participants from Vancouver Coastal region (participants ARE NOT required to be PVN members)
Deadline: June 16
Member – BCIT School of Health Patient Partner Advisory Committee
The BCIT School of Health Sciences (SOHS), a provincial leader in health science education, is seeking Patient Partners to participate on a virtual committee to integrate Patient Partners perspectives through awareness, collaboration, sustainability, diversity, and community engagement.
Open to: Participants across the province (participants ARE NOT required to be PVN members)
Deadline: June 13
UBC Research Study Recruitment: Patient and Provider Experience of Virtual Care in Equity-Deserving Populations: Rooting for a Virtuous Virtual Care
Are you a health care service user with experience in Virtual Care? Share your experiences and contribute to meaningful research!
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Open to participants across Canada.
Application deadline is September 30, 2025.
​More information here.
Virtual Health Patient and Family Advisory Councils
The Fraser Health Virtual Health team offers a variety of programs and services as well as provides project support to develop new virtual care innovations. Examples of current virtual health services include remote patient monitoring and the Fraser Health Virtual Care phone number or web chat.
Open to: Participants from Fraser region (participants ARE NOT required to be PVN members)
Deadline: June 16
Fraser Health Regional Resident & Family Advisory Committee
Fraser Health’s Long-term Care (LTC) and Assisted Living (AL) Team is committed to providing comfort, care and connection to all residents and family members who live, or who have a loved one living in a care community. The local care community family councils in Fraser Health offer residents and family members the opportunity to share, listen, learn, support, and generate ideas. Fraser Health’s Regional Resident & Family Advisory Committee raises the voice of the local family councils.
Open to: Participants from Fraser region (participants ARE NOT required to be PVN members)
Deadline: June 24
Fraser Health Practice Council – a Diverse, Regional Group Focused on Positively Influencing the Experience of Care and Health Outcomes
The Fraser Health Practice Council represents a diverse group of health care and service providers and patient advisors who share a commitment and passion for best practice, quality, and safety. It provides a supportive forum for sharing and hearing multiple perspectives, evidence and practical knowledge, and person-centred practices to make a difference to health outcomes.
Open to: Participants from Fraser region (participants ARE NOT required to be PVN members)
Deadline: June 30
Canadian Long COVID Virtual Healthcare Study
A national inquiry grounded in an intersectionality-based approach to learn of experiences of longhaulers with virtual healthcare, especially among equity-deserving groups. In the years to come, our healthcare systems and institutions must adapt in accommodating more longhaulers seeking care–especially when much of this care is increasingly telehealth-based.
The survey–hosted is open to any self-identified Long COVID patient residing in Canada that is 16+ years of age.
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All survey participants have the option to be entered for a chance to win 1 of 20 $100 gift-cards. The survey will remain open until July 1.
French survey: https://fr.surveymonkey.ca/r/Q6D7D6P
Spanish survey: https://es.surveymonkey.ca/r/QF37BH7
Chinese (simplified) survey: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/QTRZ8DB
Punjabi survey: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/WKF36Q6