Putting Patients First (PPF) is a conference hosted by the BC SUPPORT Unit, part of Michael Smith Health Research BC.
This event brings together key people in BC’s healthcare and health research system, including allied healthcare professionals, patient and community partners, researchers and trainees, and health system leaders, decision-makers and policymakers.
PPF 2026 was held on March 3, 2026. It continued the conversation on learning communities in BC. Together, we’ll explore how bringing diverse groups of people together to solve a shared health problem — including people with lived and living experience — can improve health and health research ecosystems.
Watch recordings from Putting Patients First 2026-
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Sarah Greene: Why we need to put patients first
Q&A with a keynote speaker from Putting Patients First 2026.
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Rethinking healthcare with Dr. Antoine Boivin
A Q&A with a keynote speaker from Putting Patients First 2026.
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Past events
Putting Patients First 2026
- Watch the conference recordings
- Download program booklet (PDF)
- Read the event summary: Putting Patients First: Celebrating the importance of listening to lived experience
- Read a Q&A with the opening keynote: When patients help patients: Rethinking healthcare with Dr. Antoine Boivin
- Read a Q&A with the closing keynote: Q&A: Sarah Greene on why we need to put patients first
- View the event webpage
Putting Patients First 2024
Building learning communities
