CAMES is looking for patient and carer educators with experience in psychiatry
Would you like to tell health professionals and students about your experiences when it comes to mental illness. Either as a patient or a relative? Your knowledge, experience and advice are highly valued, which is why we are currently looking for patient and carer trainers.
At the heart of the 'Patients as Educators' training concept is patient involvement. It is about building bridges between patients and healthcare professionals. We do this by bringing patients and their relatives directly into the training of 5,000 students and healthcare professionals every year.
We are currently looking for family and patient educators in the field of psychiatry.
As a teacher, you will share your experience of mental illness with students and health professionals.
There is a need for both caregiver and patient educators to help increase understanding of mental illness and break down taboos and stigma.
We are interested in hearing from anyone with patient and family experience in psychiatry, but are currently primarily looking for people with lived experience of schizophrenia, schizotypy and ADHD.
See also: Patients as Educators website
As a patient educator, you can talk to healthcare professionals about how mental illness affects everyday life and what can make a difference when working with mental health services.
Illness affects not only the patient, but also the life situation of relatives.
As a carer educator, you will tell healthcare professionals what it is like to be a carer and what they should pay special attention to.
If you want to become a carer or patient educator in the field of mental health, take a look - and click - around this page.
You can also be enlightened and inspired by Augusta, who shares how she works as a patient educator.
Contact
If you want to participate or hear more about the concept, please call the course leader Janne Christiansen on 21 63 28 81. You are also welcome to send an email to janne.christiansen@regionh.dk with a few words about yourself. Everyone gets an answer to their inquiry.
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How Augusta works as a patient educator
Meet Augusta, who explains how she works as a patient educator. And what do healthcare students take away from teaching with Augusta? Find out here.
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How to do it
The Patient Teachers programme at CAMES
Would you like to tell health and social care students about your
experiences with mental illness?
We are looking for
In the Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education & Simulation (CAMES), which works purposefully with patient involvement, we are looking for people with mental illness, e.g. schizophrenia or depression, who want to share experiences about what matters in the meeting with social and health professionals.
What task do you have to help solve?
Your unique story can help break down taboos and stigma. Similarly, your experiences of working with social and health care students can shed light on what has made a difference for you in your interactions with mental health services. You can also talk about how you live with symptoms in your daily life.
Your role as a patient educator
When you talk about your experience of living with a mental illness, it takes place in an educational institution for a small group of students. For example, in nursing and social work education. Teaching is already underway.
You do not need to describe yourself as a "patient", but you should have experience in the psychiatric/health system.
Requirements to participate
- Have been diagnosed with mental illness for at least two years and be clear about the diagnosis and symptoms when talking and interacting with students.
- Have the possibility to teach in the Copenhagen area.
- Be able to meet during the daytime approximately three to four times in a semester of two hours each.
- Be able to participate in a CAMES workshop to qualify for the task.
The benefits
You will be part of a group of patient and carer educators in CAMES and you will receive continuous feedback to ensure well-being and quality.
You will receive a small fee for each time you teach.
How to do it
Become a carers' trainer
Would you like to talk to nursing and education students about your experiences as a carer of a person with mental illness?
We are looking for
In our training center, we are committed to the involvement of family members. We are therefore looking for relatives of people with mental illness who would like to share experiences in teaching about mental illness for social and health professional students.
What task do you have to help solve?
Illness affects not only the patient, but also the life situation of their relatives. As a caregiver, you may feel overlooked?
As a carer educator you will tell healthcare professionals what it is like to be a carer and what they should pay special attention to.
Your unique story can help focus students' attention on the importance of seeing the person behind the disease.
Your role as a carer educator
Before you start, we'll talk to you and find out if becoming a carer educator could be for you. You will then be qualified for the job.
The qualification takes place at the Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education & Simulation (CAMES), Ryesgade 53 B, 2100 Copenhagen Ø.
When you talk about your experiences as a carer, you will do so at an educational institution in the Capital Region of Denmark.
The qualification will take place in spring 2023. Teaching will start during fall 2023.
Requirements to participate
- Being a relative of a person diagnosed with mental illness
- Be clear about your situation - able to be constructive when engaging with students
- Have the possibility to teach in Copenhagen
- Be able to meet during the daytime approximately three to four times during a semester of two hours each
- Participate in a CAMES workshop to qualify for the assignment.
The benefits
You will be part of a group of caregiver trainers in CAMES and you will receive regular feedback to ensure well-being and quality.
You will receive a small honorarium for each time you teach, as well as an amount to help cover your transportation costs.