Patient & Student Testimonials

  •  “I had a very challenging couple months in relation to my health. She has always been upbeat and positive. She is a joy to be around.” –Patient matched with 1st year student
  •  “My student is up to any challenge. I love the way she positively interacts with my doctors. It helps me turn this tough health experience into something positive.” –Patient matched with 1st year student
  • “My student is incredibly kind and a wonderful friend to our family. She provides help during appointments, both with our occupying my three young children as well as listening to doctor recommendations and discussing them with me once the doctor has left the room. This is especially helpful since appointments with little children are complicated. She makes worthwhile suggestions... and she recommends services and help we can seek. We look forward to staying in touch for years to come.” –Patient matched with 3rd year student
  • “Her caring and empathetic nature is what really sets her apart from most doctors that I have interacted with. From the moment I met her, I felt like I could trust her and felt comfortable sharing my entire health history with her. She listened, asked meaningful and thoughtful questions to understand my journey better, and was extremely supportive of each health decision that I made.” –Patient matched with 4th year student
  • “I think you guys did a great job matching us up. And I hope you continue to do this program because the students get to see first-hand what our lives really look like outside the clinics and hospitals.” –Patient matched with 4th year student
  • “LAP has been a great experience as it forces you to take the time to connect with a patient. In an otherwise very insulating basic science curriculum first year, it is easy to forget about the patients. Being a part of LAP did not let that happen. I learned about the impact of disease on patients. It is one thing to realize this cerebrally but talking to a patient from the position as an advocate, it is really formative to see how multifaceted it is. My patient is incredibly sweet, and it is just really meaningful to connect with her.” -- 1st year student
  • “I found it most valuable to be matched to a patient who was willing and excited to involve a medical student in their health care journey. I have learned so much about individual patient experiences in the medical system and gotten great advice on things that patients appreciated and didn't appreciate from their physicians. The most positive aspect of this experience was being able to develop a relationship with a patient to where they feel comfortable allowing us to accompany them to their health care visits.” --1st year student
  • “What I found most valuable was seeing the relationship between patient and their care teams over time. The longitudinal relationships are important to my LAP partner and part of why she comes so far from her home for her infusions. Seeing the system from a patient's perspective & accompanying them to appointments and MS infusions taught me more about MS and how it manifests, but also how it affects the life of my LAP partner. The relationship with my LAP partner was particularly positive.” --3rd year student
  • “I have a wonderful relationship with my patient that I value greatly! We have still been able to meet up and chat a few times a year, and we stay in contact via text. I have learned so much about his life with a chronic illness.” --4th year student