Where's the patient's voice in health professional education?

The first international conference to address the question Where's the patients' voice in health professional education? was held in Vancouver, Canada, from 3 to 5 November 2005. The 240 participants came from a variety of patient groups, including marginalized populations, lobby groups and patient-as-teachers programs. In addition there were health professional educators, researchers and students from schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, social work, psychology, law, and other related professions.