We are delighted to offer this fully funded category in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University.
This category is for student led projects, designed to improve the skills and knowledge of others involved in patient or service user care delivery on any health, medical, social care or related programme of study.
The emphasis should be on transforming the learner experience of other students, with the longer-term goal of improving experience for patient and service users. Your project could be at an early or advanced stage or already implemented and showing results.
This category is free to enter.
To see the Student Submission Form questions before you decide to enter, please click here.
You can use this form to pre-prepare the answers to your submission if you wish. Once you have your answers finalised, you can head to straight to www.penportal.co.uk to create a login and submit your project.
PENNA 2024 Student Patient Experience Educator of Tomorrow – Winners, Runner Up and Finalists
| WINNER | Liverpool John Moores University | Paramedic Society |
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | LJMU Nursing Society |
| RUNNER UP | Liverpool John Moores University | Reducing Black Maternal Health Disparities Through Education and Raising Awareness |
Watch our 2024 Category Winner present his winning project here:
PENNA 2023 Student Patient Experience Educator of Tomorrow- Winners, Runner Up and Finalists
| WINNER | Liverpool John Moores University | John Wells , Student Nurse Liverpool John Moores University. Educational activities to support healthcare staff and enhance patient care |
| RUNNER UP | Liverpool John Moores University | Sam Noon – Student educator of the year |
| RUNNER UP | Sefton Training Hub (Southport & Formby Health) | A student led approach to improving healthcare for Mental Health Patients and those with Learning Difficulties in a Primary Care setting. |
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | The Liverpool, John Moores University Nursing Society- run by students for students |
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | The LJMU Mental Health Society |
| FINALIST | Sefton Training Hub (Southport & Formby Health) | Sefton Training Hub PA PreceptorshipA Southport & Formby Health Ltd and Southport & Ormskirk Trust partnership in supporting newly qualified PAs. |
PENNA 20-21 Patient Experience Transformer of Tomorrow – Winners, Runner Up and Finalists
| RUNNER UP | King’s College London | Saleh Alessy – s variation in patients’ experiences of cancer care associated with their subsequent survival | |
| WINNER | Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation trust | Michael Curtis – Dementia friendly Village Project | |
PENNA2019 Patient Experience Transformer of Tomorrow – Winners, Runner Up and Finalists
| University of Brighton | Ella Brunton and Krista Etchells | WINNER |
| Paediatric Assessment Unit, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | Claire Fenn |
RUNNER UP and HIGHLY COMMENDED |
| Alder Hey Childrens Hospital NHS Trust | Helen Morley | FINALIST |
| North West Ambulance Service | Paddy Ennis | FINALIST |
| Childrens Unit, Whiston Hospital | Tracy McNeill | FINALIST |
| Smithdown Childrens Walk-In Centre | Nicola Gourley | FINALIST |
PENNA2018 Patient Experience Transformer of Tomorrow – Winners, Runner Up and Finalists
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | Kelly Whitehorn | WINNER |
| University of Plymouth | Rebecca Baines | RUNNER UP |
| University of Plymouth | Toni | RUNNER UP |
| University of Dundee | Charlotte Scotland & Lynn Graham | FINALIST |
| Teeside University | Kate Husband, Emma Hutchinson and Katherine Comac | FINALIST |
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | Kelly Whitehorn | FINALIST |
PENNA2017 Patient Experience Transformer of Tomorrow – Winners, Runner Up and Finalists
Dr Louca-Mai Brady, Research Associate & Independent Consultant – Kingston University
Rhetoric to Reality: Research on Embedding Young People’s Participation in Health Services
Hear what our first ever Student Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow had to say about winning:
“Winning the first PENNA ‘Patient Experience Transformer of the Year’ award for my PhD research was an honour and a real career highlight for me. The research for which I won the award was grounded in the realities of policy, practice and young people’s lived experience as users of health services, including collaborative research with healthcare and participation professionals and young people….the PENNA award has given me more opportunities to use my research to make a difference. The award has also led to exciting connections and opportunities including speaking at several conferences and events”. Louca-Mai Brady