1. Dr Fiona Ashworth Dr Poul Rohleder Dr Jane Aspell

2. Outline Background to the Project Aims of the Project Pilot teaching
Evaluation of Project teaching
Conclusions
The Future of the Project 2

3. Background
Key changes in national policies & provision of healthcare focus on partnership working by increasing involvement of those with mental health problems
This must also be underpinned by inclusive mental health education
This can be extended to other physical health conditions as well 3

4. Background
higher education settings provide knowledge & understanding of mental ill health and long term conditions
Students may go on to train & work with people with mental ill health and long term conditions
A true understand of the effect of mental and physical health conditions is essential
Our goal in teaching is to enable students to learn to the best of their ability in an inclusive & varied way 4

5. Background
Individuals with mental ill health and long term conditions are becoming much more involved in education and teaching
University psychology departments are a target for such education
Service User Groups or Lived Experience Groups (LEG) for supporting education on the experience of mental ill health and long term conditions 5

6. Background
Impact of such teaching conclude that involving individuals with lived experience in teaching and education significantly enhances the learning experience for the students
Integrating lived experience into teaching is not new to ARU – service user group
But it is new to the Department of Psychology 6

7. Aims of the current project
To set up lived experience (LE) in teaching in the Department of Psychology with support of L & T Award Grant
To evaluate this project, in terms of student satisfaction
If successful to integrate this into teaching in the future
To evolve into other areas which will improve the student experience e.g. research 7

8. Project Set Up
Project organizers discussed process for recruiting LE speakers
LE speakers invited via word of mouth and from various organisations locally including
Mind
Oliver Zangwill Centre
The Sun Network
Adhdaptability 8

9. Project Set Up
Meeting and discussion with potential LE speakers about content and expectations
Sessions for LE talk agreed and set up with lecturers
The lived experience teaching focuses on clinical modules where students learn about specific conditions, their presentation, treatment and their impact
Aimed at both UG and PG courses 9

10. Lived Experience in Teaching
Second Year UG Learning, Memory & Perception Module
Lady spoke about living with Prosopagnosia (inability to recognise faces) following brain injury
Third Year UG Clinical Psychology Module
Gentleman spoke about developing schizophrenia, the symptoms, treatment and management
Young lady spoke about attempted suicide and depression
Third Year UG Health Psychology Module
Gentleman spoke about his experience of living well with AIDS for 20 years 10

11. Lived Experience in Teaching
Masters in Child Clinical Psychology
Gentleman came and spoke about going through the process of diagnosis of ADHD as an adult (although he had it in childhood it was misdiagnosed)
Woman came to speak about growing up with ADHD as a child, the symptoms and impact 11

12. Lived Experience in Teaching: Evaluation
Students asked to complete an evaluation form at the end of the LE speaker’s talk
Questions were as follows….
Satisfaction
Learning
Improvements
Liked least 12

13. Evaluation: Prosopagnosia
Neither 2%
Numbers
Enjoyment & Interest (Mean out of 5)
Increased Learning (Mean out of 5)
Overall Satisfaction (mean out of 10)
56/60
4.65
4.53
9.34 13

14. Evaluation: Prosopagnosia
Student written comments
“Gives a real life view on the theory that we learn so it makes it easier to be able to apply our knowledge to real events”
“It's better than just learning the theory behind something. It helps to remember. It has never been so quiet during a lecture before, everyone was listening to the lady talk, you could hear the pin drop”
“It gave more meaning to the illness, I felt like it became more clear.”
“Becomes a lot more "real", not just slides with information from text books and studies. Gives a better insight into prosopagnosia”
“It brought the reality of the disorder to life. You suddenly realise how real it is. A very humbling experience.” 14

15. Evaluation: Schizophrenia
Numbers
Enjoyment & Interest (Mean out of 5)
Increased Learning (Mean out of 5)
Overall Satisfaction (mean out of 10)
60/90
4.46
4.17
8.18 15

16. Evaluation: Schizophrenia
Student written comments
“The person who was talking was really good at answering all our questions. He provided a brilliant insight into his illness and recovery.”
“Insight into how it affects people differently. Symptoms and struggles in recovery. Real life problems with diagnosis.”
“Having a first hand experience insight allows more understanding into the development, treatment and even areas that need to be researched, which helps with overall understanding.”
“It helps me to relate to the things we learn in lectures to something real life. So it will help my knowledge + make things easier to understand + remember”
“It was interesting to hear what hallucinations are like first hand, rather than reading about it in a text book” 16

17. Evaluation: Depression
Numbers
Enjoyment & Interest (Mean out of 5)
Increased Learning (Mean out of 5)
Overall Satisfaction (mean out of 10)
62/90
4.68
4.44
8.72 17

18. Evaluation: Depression
Student written comments
“It puts the things you learn into context and makes them more interesting and easier to remember”
“Makes the disorder seem more "real" hearing from someone. Reading about it you don't get the same understanding of how it affects people.”
“Helps you understand depression. Very interesting to think about. The interview technique was really good”
“Hearing the therapies that we study being implemented in practice and being successful”
“Their insight makes theory seem less like a whole semantic construct” 18

19. Evaluation: HIV/AIDS Numbers Enjoyment & Interest (Mean out of 5)
Increased Learning (Mean out of 5)
Overall Satisfaction (mean out of 10)
36/?
4.86
4.64
9.3 19

20. Evaluation: HIV/AIDS Student written comments
“More relatable to a lecture slide of more informative/detailed and enjoyable to learn this way”
“He managed to relate it to the information from the lecture so the information became more real rather than just facts and figures.”
“I now understand HIV and AIDS much more. It was interesting to hear about it from a personal viewpoint rather than through the media”
“Adds relevant information and experience to theories and info that we're taught”
“Amazing insight and extra information you wouldn't learn normally” 20

21. Evaluation: Growing up with ADHD
Numbers
Enjoyment & Interest (Mean out of 5)
Increased Learning (Mean out of 5)
Overall Satisfaction (mean out of 10)
31/34
4.77
4.71
8.9 21

22. Evaluation: Growing up with ADHD
Student written comments
“Learning effective ways to manage particular disorder, new perspectives on disorder - rather than just text book. Her information was academic too and applicable to exams coursework research etc”
“Her interpretation of experiences that cannot be learnt through a text-book”
“To be able to learn about the disorder from someone else's perspectives makes it more interesting and adds on to the theories.”
“I really like first person perspective. It provides more details, a personal side to the disorder”
“It’s good to see how theoretical knowledge can be applied in real life. Makes theory easier to understand” 22

23. Evaluation: Feedback from LE Speakers
Some Reflections from the Lived Experience Speakers
“I found it cathartic”
“I’m pleased to be able to help others to learn about mental health”
“These students in the future may be able to find new ways of helping people with prosopagnosia, if by talking to them about it I can help then at least I can do something”
“I feel like I am giving back as I have had a lot of help to recover and it feels like I am putting something back in”
“It’s good to be able to help people see that these experiences can happen to anyone, and to help them realize the negative impact of stigma”
“They [the students] asked such good questions, it really felt like they were learning and appreciated me being there telling them about my experiences, I felt valued”
“I would definitely like to do it again” 23

24. Areas for Improvement
Overall students wanted more lived experience speakers
Students consistently requested more time for the speakers and for questions
One student said she wished she had known more detail in advance as she had personal experience
Some students wanted to know in advance in order to prepare questions – (prosopagnosia talk only)
Variety of talks, students requested talks on different topics/disorders/experiences from lived experience speakers 24

25. Conclusions
Overall students were highly satisfied with the Lived Experience in Teaching
Overall students felt that their learning was improved by having LE sessions
Some students were inspired by the LE speakers
Many students felt that the LE added an additional richness to understanding the psychology of mental and physical health difficulties
The project seemed to add positively overall to the students’ learning experience 25

26. The Future of the Project
The project was a success and will therefore continue within the psychology department
Hope to build in more LE talks where appropriate as there are other modules that it could be incorporated into
Make improvements based on student feedback 26

27. The Future Evolution of the Project
We hope that the project will evolve and expand to include:
Consultation from LEP members for research
More involvement in teaching from LEP members
Possibly develop opportunities to build awareness of mental and physical health difficulties from a psychological perspective
Have LEP members with more autonomy and key roles in the project
Other areas? 27

28. Possible design for the front of our LEP leaflet

29. Special thanks to: Our inspiring LEP speakers Any questions?
the Learning and Teaching Award grant
Stephanie at the University of Exeter
Giovanna and Anna for help with leaflet and logo design development
To you for listening
Any questions? 29