Experience as Expertise: Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experience Across Global Contexts
This year’s closing plenary builds upon a recent special collection on lived experience and expertise from the British Medical Journal. Our two featured speakers were contributors to the special collection and will share the key principles, enablers, and recommendations that have been identified by a global community of lived experience advocates in advancing meaningful engagement of people living with NCDs, mental health, and neurological conditions. This presentation will also share real-world examples in meaningful engagement, from the publication of a BMJ Special Collection on lived experience as expertise, to the global convening of advocates to contribute to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health in September 2025, to local experiences in addressing the challenges of obesity in Argentina and cancer care across the Middle East and North Africa.
Our featured speakers include:
- Maia Olsen, a technical consultant with the World Health Organization and part of the codesign process of the 2023 WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs, Mental Health and Neurological Conditions, now supporting WHO, member state countries, and lived experience communities to implement these recommendations for equitable and inclusive participatory approaches to policy-making and health care delivery
- Maria Anselmi, an endocrinologist, educator, and person with lived experience of obesity who has been at the intersection of interprofessional practice, education, and health care delivery throughout her career in Argentina.
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the principles and enablers to enacting equitable and inclusive participatory approaches to policy-setting and program implementation in the WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement
- Identify similarities and differences in promoting meaningful engagement across global contexts and consider the relevance of these themes in interprofessional learning and practice locally
- Discuss opportunities and barriers to embedding lived experience as expertise in academic publishing
- Reflect on the institutional and personal shifts needed
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In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.
Athletic Trainers: This program is eligible for Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Learners can claim CE credit by completing the Daily Evaluation.