Consumer-Professional Partnership Program (CPPP)

What is the CPPP?

The CPPP is a consumer-directed education program for health care professionals and students of the health professions. It is a flexible educational approach to strengthen the role of consumer teaching in academic and medical environments. Specifically trained consumers with spinal cord injuries, called SCI Educators are teaching medical students and residents, physical and occupational therapists, and nurses about "disability awareness", "communication", "prevention of secondary conditions", "physical activity", and "exercise". CPPP lectures are taught in settings, such as clinical residency programs and hospital-based continuing education programs, as well as primary medical school and physical therapy programs in the Greater Washington, DC area.

Typically, the SCI Educator co-teaches an education module focused on spinal cord injury. Apart from providing a "real life view" to the clinical education, the SCI Educator is responsible for teaching the communication and disability awareness components.

For more information, please contact

Suzanne L. Groah, MD 202-877-1196 or by e-mail Suzanne.L.Groah@medstar.net