Improving Health Care Together Kit – Leadership Job Interview Panel – Health Care Partner Orientation

Involving patients, families and caregivers in Leadership Job Interview Panels demonstrates an organization’s commitment to hiring people who reflect the values of dignity, respect, caring and trust. Leaders model the importance of person- and family-centred care in the way they support others.

We’re making partnerships the easy choice for patient partners and health care teams by supporting you to work together. Designed to help you be ready, our kit prepares you to include patient partners in the leadership hiring process. Done at your own pace, this self-directed, module-based orientation serves as a guide if you decide to include patient partners.

By having patient partners involved in these panels, organizations:

Embed these values into their practices
Learn from lived experiences in the system
Improve health care delivery and patient experience

In addition, including patient partners on interview panels:

Is an opportunity to advance the principles of person- and family-centred care
Ensures patients’ voices help shape the health care workforce
Makes sure the workforce is responsive to the needs, values, beliefs and preferences of patients and their families