Brett Scholz

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The exponential growth of patient involvement Much ado and not doing much

Check out the #pechakucha I presented at ISCHP2025 about the exponential increase in patient involvement (and how we're not really as participatory as we'd like to believe) livedexperienceleadership.substack.com/p/the-expone...

Nothing says US centric social media as when everyone assume pride month is in june. When thats just the case in the US. Sweden has pride month july/august and some countries have it in december.

EVERY MONTH is pride month somewhere in the world.

Bridget Brennan asking the important questions of the treasurer about Labor's commitments to Indigenous communities...to a somewhat lacklustre answer. Australians showed they don't buy into the exclusion sold by conservatives. Let's hope Labor lean in to the mandate they have been handed #AusVotes

Hey Albo, how about fixing the universities now, eh? #auspol #ausvotes #binnight

jesus christ james mcgrath violently defaming the greens on live television was a weird couple of minutes. had no problems calling them antisemitic and accusing them of unlawful practices. don’t these idiots get media training? #auspol #ausvotes

Slices of matcha cheesecake in front of Antony Green and his big screen

In honour of the great work of Antony GREEN @antonygreenelec.bsky.social I made a matcha cheesecake to enjoy while sitting back watching #AusVotes outcomes.

Have a listen to this latest ISCHP podcast! I had great chat with Wendy Stainton-Rogers about where critical health psychology has been and where it might go next...

Jane is in Victoria and Chinese Victorians may consider making a public complaint to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.

Yes - a great Finnish brand. They have some Fazer cafes around the city too.

I love Fazer chocolates and they always make a nice gift if you don't scoff them all yourself first. Your accommodation will likely have a sauna but also check what saunas are close by and go enjoy! Fave helsinki restaurant: Farang! Although not Finnish...still very tasty!

I loved having this chat with Gareth Treharne about all things ISCHP. Have a listen to get into the ISCHP spirit ahead of #ISCHP2025 in Galway in 3 months time!!

Just as Trump cuts billions from U.S. universities and drives leading academics out of the country, Dutton chooses yet another Trump card from the deck.

Cash is spot on; Dutton will aim to deliver “exact same” as Trump

I really enjoyed this study. Perhaps not surprising, but good to get some data about how lived experience disclosures can show clients that their therapist is “human,” but this may come at the cost that they are no longer viewed as a “professional.

Did you end up being piloted by your namesake?

An ad for "Men's Cakes" including a picture of several men at a party looking festive, with a big, slightly bizarre looking tiered cake with large gold flakes arranged haphazardly down one side. The ad emphasises how easy this company makes it to "order birthday and other celebration cakes for men online".

How bizarre that there is someone out there who thought men would need their own cakes...

For those of you -- like me -- enjoying a long weekend, maybe this is a nice way to start off the day with your morning coffee. (Actually this morning I had a malted hojicha latte, but you do you).

Is ‘Lived Experience Leader’ an identity? Or is lived experience leadership better understood as an action oriented practice?

This month, I reflect on the use of "lived experience leader" as an identity, and talk about how it's both positive (making #LivedExperienceLeadership visible) and concerning (in how it relates to central tenets of lived experience leadership)

livedexperienceleadership.substack.com/publish/post...

so great to hear, and to connect. My next lived experience leadership substack post is scheduled to be published today, so watch this space!!

ABOUT ME:

I post mostly about lived experience leadership in health policy, services, research and education. I don't work from a lived experience perspective myself, but write a lot of academic articles and substack posts about lived experience leadership.

I also post about Eurovision and Matcha.

So disappointed in how bland the matcha #MeghanMarkle just made looks. It's barely green!

Gearing up for #ISCHP2025? Make sure you're subscribed to The Operative Word podcast and listen to the first episode of Season 2. We will be talking about where ISCHP has come from and where it might go...

With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new book out, I've been thinking about how disappointing it is when you can't enjoy previous favourites once you realise they're ignorant and bigoted.

Even if a little of me was tempted to read Dream Count, this is a good reminder that it would fund vile causes.

Screenshot of a comment from a reviewer that says "Your study does not test research questions and the sample is very small and does not warrant solid inferences".

Yet another reviewer who clearly doesn't understand #qualitative research but feels confident enough to recommend a study be rejected because it doesn't "test" research questions and its "very small" sample.

I've just submitted my #ISCHP2025 abstract.

If you haven't yet...you have a few more days to do so. Don't forget! And looking forward to connecting with others who take a critical approach to health in Galway in July.

Chanced upon this while searching for posts about ISCHP. It's a great community and conference -- and it is hybrid. Hopefully see you there! (A few more days left before abstracts are due)

I've just submitted my abstract. Will I be seeing you there? 😁

A map of the Western Pacific in which the Korean Peninsula and South East Asia has been disconnected from the Asian continent and moved eastward into the ocean.

Nobody else in the whole room during this presentation seemed to have a single reaction about this #TerribleMap. Although it was surprising that despite moving the Korean peninsula and a whole chunk of South East Asia further into the Pacific, the map DID include Aoetearoa New Zealand somehow.

This looks like such a great event. Thanks for sharing -- I'm jealous but vicariously excited about all the great conversations I imagine you all having!

More than twenty years of academic literature about lived experience leadership Twenty years ago, in 2005, Sarah Gordon published what is often considered the first discussion specifically focusing on lived experience leadership – as we have come to know it – in the academic lite...

My first #LivedExperienceLeadership substack post for 2025 looks at the impact of Sarah Gordon's seminal paper on the topic published in 2005.

livedexperienceleadership.substack.com/p/more-than-...

#ConsumerLeadership #PatientLeadership #PPI