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Abstract
This paper presents a case study of the involvement of service users in the development, delivery and evaluation of a post-graduate programme of interprofessional education in community mental health. It describes how service users have been involved as stakeholders, analyses the nature of the partnerships established and evaluates their outcomes. Data are drawn from an analysis of documents concerned with the tendering, both to provide the education programme and to conduct its evaluation, from interviews with key participants including user representatives, from a survey of user groups and from group interviews with course participants. Partnerships are discussed in terms in terms of culture and values, and role and responsibilities. It is concluded there is good evidence of the 'added value' to the programme of these partnerships.