Applied Skin Patient course

[Joan Tu]

As a patient as as part of a graduate education program, I designed a course for patients with skin conditions, who want to collaborate in a shared learning environment and read/analyze scientific papers or AI information on skin conditions together. The approach is collective sensemaking in a learning context (see link below).

I wasn't doing anything with it, but was reminded of it in a conversation. If anyone has interest either as a patient, or would have a connection to an organization that could offer the course to its members, patients, or students, it could be a possibility in the future. For now, I am not comfortable offering the course without institutional support.

As a contact dermatitis/allergy patient, I have a Facebook page with 300 people where I share research articles and other resources, but have not found alignment with other skin patient/research organizations, so there is still quite a disconnect.

Here is the course description: https://medulingo.com/product/applied-medical-literacy-for-skin-patients/

Here is the Contact Dermatitis Allergy Eczema Canada Facebook page I administer:
https://www.facebook.com/ContactDermatitisAllergyEczemaCanada