"N of 2": Transforming health systems through individual action - Alberta Strategy for Patient Oriented Research SUPPORT Unit (AbSPORU)

“N of 2”: Transforming health systems through individual action

Presenter: Sue Robins

Description: Mother, wife, author and patient advocate Sue Robins shares her ‘why’ and her journey to rediscovering the impact she has as a patient-partner. This presentation includes a short reading by Sue from her book “Bird’s Eye View: Stories of a Life Lived in Health Care”, and will consider how: 1) System transformation starts with the individual – (we are all the system); 2) Simple actions lead to ripples of change, both at point of care and with patient engagement opportunities. Sue’s main message is about the power of stories, and how individual stories about relationships with other people (N=2) can motivate broader system change. Storytelling needs to come from both patients and researchers/clinicians. This presentation ends with a call-to-action for you to listen to understand an individual’s stories and consider sharing your own story to personalize your communication.

*Recording form the AbSPORU Virtual Institute 2020

CALGARY

University of Calgary Foothills Campus
3330 Hospital Dr NW
Calgary, AB T2N 4N1

EDMONTON

College Plaza
1702, 8215 112 St NW
Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8

Land Acknowledgment

The Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit operates on and acknowledges the lands that are the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuu T’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Métis Nation of Alberta. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We make this acknowledgment as a reaffirmation of our shared commitment towards reconciliation, and as part of AbSPORU’s mandate towards fostering health system transformation.

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