A medical expert's opinion on peer support value - with Dr Laura Coates

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 3:20 p.m.

Hello - I'm so pleased you have joined me!\xa0\nFor this episode I thought it would be a bit different to ask a medical expert\u2019s opinion on the value of peer support and how it can be helpful for people to speak to other people going through the same kinds of things so\u2026 I invited Dr Laura Coates, who is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford to have a chat with me. \xa0We talk about her opinion of the value of peer support, her special interest in psoriatic arthritis research and a few of the patient involvement projects she is currently working on.\nI hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed chatting with Laura \xa0Why not let me know your thoughts & experiences so I can share them here in the pod-osphere.\nHere's a link to the UK PsA research focussed charity I mentioned : \xa0BritPACT \xa0(the British Psoriatic Arthritis Consortium)\nand another to the Psoriatic Arthritis Priority Setting project with the James Lind Alliance\xa0\nYou can get in touch via psazzgroup@gmail.com\xa0 All PsA HQ podcasts are simply a way of sharing viewpoints and opinions of the guests - they are our own and do not constitute proper professional or medical advice.