Recognition
Recognition
"The University of Alberta acknowledges we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Metis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community."
The Patient Immersion Experience (PIE) component of the MD Program’s longitudinal Physicianship course matches medical students with individuals with chronic medical conditions to promote an understanding of the lived experience of illness. Over the span of two years, visiting every few months, medical students gain insight into what it is like to live with a chronic condition. This experience gives medical students an appreciation of the challenges patients and family members face on a daily basis and influence of social determinants of health on a patient’s illness experience.
We are deeply grateful to all the Patient Mentors who volunteered to share their experience of living with a chronic medical condition and very glad for all our Med 2023 students learned over the past two years.
Educational opportunities such as the Patient Immersion Experience (PIE) are always the result of the vision and commitment of a team. We are pleased to acknowledge Dr. Tracey Hillier, the first Indigenous Associate Dean of the MD Program (2015-2020), and Dr. Helly Goez, Assistant Dean, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusiveness, and Physicianship Course Director, MD Program, for their leadership in relation to socially accountable curriculum innovation, which continues to be upheld by our current Associate Dean, Dr. Darryl Rolfson. First introduced in 2014, the Interpretive Project, a required capstone component of PIE, continues to evolve through the ongoing effort of faculty-lead Dr. Pamela Brett-MacLean, director of the Arts & Humanities in Health & Medicine (AHHM) program.
We are deeply appreciative of Dr. Sarah Burton-MacLeod, Physicianship Coordinator and Dr. Lillian Au, Physicianship Thread Lead, as well as MD Program administrators Melissa Coumont, Laurie Logan, and Lisa Bussiere for their many contributions which have continued to ensure the success of PIE and the PIE Interpretive Project over the years.
Our thanks to everyone who helped create this website - in particular, we are pleased to acknowledge the contributions of Steph Dalmer (Med 2023) and Sarah Morin (Med 2024) - our AMAZING student curators, ... as well as Tom Jeffrey and Patrick von Hauff, designers with the FoMD's Academic Technologies.
We congratulate and thank all of the Med 2023 class for their wonderful creative projects and the many thoughtful insights they have shared with us through the Interpretive Projects they created which are included on this website!