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I wish to know how to get access to the course of TRAINER IN HEALTH-SELF MANAGEMENT FOR CHRONIC PATIENTS. I have read something about the Expert Patient Programme but I didn’t know it was doing in Spain. Congratulations!

When I started the course, I didn’t know I was doing something on my own, there’s nothing further from the truth, this has helped me a lot. I have learnt that I can control the way I see life, as well as manage my illness in a better way.

First, it was something unexpected; a course which deals with health issues, a speech is given to the patients as it is done as  in many other courses, it finishes and that’s all. I have found something very different; I have been involved from the first day, learning to know myself and to solve my own problems, to think clearly, although it seems contradictory, not to feel a victim but a performer of my own life. Cordiality, Affection, and a good atmosphere have been primary. I have learnt a lot from everybody.

In this course I have learned in a general way, how to react in a situation being personal or related to someone close who has a chronic condition. I have also learned to keep a balance food and I have learned several techniques when you have to elaborate a menu, focusing on nutrients, the number of proteins, carbohydrates, etc… One of the things I liked most was the action planning.

After finishing the course “Taking Control of your Health” I affirm that it has contributed in a very positive way. Learning healthy habits in life has given me a new point of view in many different situations of every day life and even many of the things that I have learned I have used them in my family life, for example how to reduce fats at meals and exercising habits.

The course has offered several steps to begin to look after oneself better, physically and psychically. Sharing experiences, problems, points of view, solutions…So., thanks to the fact that we can share our reality with other people like us, we can focus our life in a simpler and healthier way.

The course has been of great importance in my life related to my health as well as personally,   due to the fact that several definite procedures are explained to improve both aspects.

With a little help or support you can get things that from a negative point of view, they are unattainable. I consider that from a health perspective, well I don’t believe it,  cause I know it now , it is always the same, it is necessary to know us well, to be aware of what is happening at the moment, to know our feelings, our emotions… This course is going to help to improve a lot of people’s life style.

This course ha helped me to change my food habits for healthier ones. We begin doing an action plan and we finish with its fulfilment, something a bit surreal for me because I have thought to eat in a healthy way many times without success. Nowadays I feel happy and proud because I keep on going with my action plans, now I know how to plan them and get them.

I came to receive a training course as I have done in many other occasions and surprisingly I found a different thing from what I expected, I was not only to receive information and training but also I was going to have the chance to become aware of my situation as a patient with an illness on my back which must not control instead we must manage our illness, encouraging us to share our experiences and to have a normal life if possible, bearing in mind the limits the condition shows.

Expert Patient has offered me a space where to by myself, where to remember that you are the only one who is in control of your life.

How did I feel and what did I get at the course called “Taking Control of your Health “? In general I have felt very comfortable sharing experiences with other people, listening to them and being listened to. I have learned several skills and techniques to manage my illness better.

All the themes are interesting, I have learned to have a healthier and more controlled life, regarding food habits, medication, emotional situations and the importance of exercise.  I have also learned to practise relaxation exercises and to switch off and be able to leave adverse situations behind.

Hi, my name is Raúl Urquiza, I’m a member of Sta. Rosa del Conlara community in, San Luis Argentina, with a population of 5000 inhabitants approximately, and at almost 1000 Km from Buenos Aires; we are working in the area of Municipalities and Healthy Communities, schools, and local parishes for that reason to have more information and be able to adhere to the Expert Patient Programme will be very useful and important,

I wish to know how to get access to the Self-Management Leader course for Chronic Patients. I have read something about the Expert Patient Programme; but I didn’t know that it was working in Spain. Congratulations.

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