Dear All, I asked recently for ideas for where to find videos of patients talking about their experiences. Thank you for your suggestions. Here is a list of sources, in addition of course to YouTube, which I think used wisely could be very valuable here. Mental health Animated minds www.animatedminds.com<http://www.animatedminds.com> A series of animated documentaries using real testimony from people with mental health problems. Mental Health Foundation https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/podcasts-and-videos Mental Health TV http://www.mentalhealthtv.co.uk/ free to view, but only at the moment? MIND http://www.mind.org.uk Videos (also on YouTube) are on the pages relating to specific conditions. See also http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/your-stories/ Royal College of Psychiatrists http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/discoverpsychiatry/podcasts.aspx South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust http://www.slam.nhs.uk/patients-and-carers/patient-information/recovery More general or other things College of Occupational Therapists https://www.cot.co.uk/ot-helps-you/what-occupational-therapy The videos are at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_nbpD7l7j9flvBbpChK1XbCqyfnlzRfz. HealthTalk / Youthhealthtalk http://www.healthtalk.org/home Information about health issues, through sharing of experiences. A partnership between DipEx, an Oxford based charity, and the Health Experiences Research Group of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care at the University of Oxford. Kings Fund http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/blog/term/Patient-experience Blog posts. NHS Choices http://www.nhs.uk Use the search box, and look in the results for "NHS Videos" NHS tools http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Toolslibrary.aspx Includes apps and online tools, but also videos of carers' experiences of dementia, and videos for young people about mental health. Pain Concern http://painconcern.org.uk/exploring-patients-experiences-struggling-to-be-me-video/ Living with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Also available on NIHR YouTube channel. Parkinsons Disease Society http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/tags-forum-and-website/real-life-stories Patient Stories http://www.patientstories.org.uk/ "to provoke debate about safety and patient experience in healthcare". Videos include one about sepsis, and another about MRSA and C diff. You would need a licence to use the videos in educational contexts. Patient Voices http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/ Digital stories about healthcare. Use the search box to locate things of interest. Patients Like Me http://news.patientslikeme.com/media-kit/videos, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQop4yFjrXxPyWaYWYfTCNg Online patient community. Has has work published in peer reviewed medical journals, and editorials in the BMJ. Self Management UK http://selfmanagementuk.org/blog/2013/07/community Long term conditions. Society for Participatory Medicine https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7s0qsbYnRTdzHo7Jz3KheQ/videos American based charity working to encourage active involvement of patients and carers in health care. Society site is at http://participatorymedicine.org/ Best wishes, Keith Keith Nockels MA (Hons) Dip. Lib. MCLIP FHEA Learning and Teaching Services Librarian (College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology) University Library, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK t: +44 (0)116 252 3101 e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> w: www.le.ac.uk/library<http://www.le.ac.uk/library> [cid:image001.gif@01D172DD.813C5A10]