Barbara Martin
The company I work for, Patient Commando Productions, uses patient/caregiver narratives of lived illness experiences to amplify the patient voice. We offer programming (a speakers' bureau and live performances) with a strong entertainment component - believing this type of delivery is more appealing with the extra benefit of having "staying power". We also see the patient narrative as a tool to bring about change in the process of delivering healthcare - making it more patient-centred.
I have 20 years working in professional Canadian theatre and 6 years as a medical education coordinator in a Toronto hospital. I also have experience teaching costuming in a major Canadian university.
Program and Education Director with Patient Commando Productions, Canada