Involving people with lived experience in physiotherapy education - Research report two: Harnessing the expertise of people with lived experience

Abstract

This report is part of a series of case reports critically reflecting on the involvement of people with lived experience in a UK based physiotherapy degree programme. An initial scoping review of the literature found only two papers exploring the involvement of people with lived experience specifically in physiotherapy education. This is despite an education and training standard requiring service user and carer involvement in all approved programmes in England being in place since 2014. Our goal as a public involvement in education and research partnership, is to challenge this by showcasing a range of approaches and impacts for involving people with lived experience in physiotherapy education and to develop an empirical evidence base for this involvement so best practice can be shared and developed.