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INTRODUCTION: Patient safety, quality and efficiency of care can be improved by strengthening interprofessional collaboration and patient engagement at all levels of the healthcare system. From the first year of the interprofessional collaboration training program for health students at the School of Health, the faculty of medicine and the section of pharmaceutical sciences in Geneva, patients are involved in partnership teaching. AIM OF THE STUDY: The study aims to assess two teaching activities, focusing on patient-caregiver in care, a conference, and workshops. These activities were co-constructed and co-facilitated by patient-teacher pairs. Based on their experiential knowledge, the patients' perspective was integrated into the teaching content. METHOD: A quantitative and qualitative assessment of the activities was conducted by questionnaire administered to students and semi-structured interviews with patients and teachers. RESULTS: Students, patients, and teachers evaluated the teaching activities as suitable, and the content was considered relevant. The implementation of partnership in patient-teacher pairs, especially co-facilitation, was a strong point of the activities. Most of the patients, who were teaching for the first time, nevertheless felt a significant apprehension concerning the animation of the activity.Conclusion : This first experience of teaching in partnership with patients gives cause for reflection on the involvement of patients in teaching and in particular in the co-construction of the content of training programs.