Optimizing Potassium Management in Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome

Researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make it easier for people living with kidney disease, heart disease, and/or diabetes to manage potassium levels in their blood. To do this, they’re bringing together health care providers and patient partners to explore challenges to managing potassium levels and how new potassium management tools can be used in real-world care settings. Their team includes researchers, physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, and people with lived experience.

They are recruiting patient partners to participate as collaborators in working groups. Commitment includes 3-4 virtual (Zoom) meetings, each approximately 1 hour, which will be scheduled from Sept 2025 to February 2026. There will also be a 1-day in-person meeting in 2026 that will convene all working group members in Vancouver, BC. Patient partners will receive an honorarium of $140 in total.

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Collaborate on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

• Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
• Specific health care experiences [details below]
• Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
• Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
• The time to participate in the engagement opportunity
• -Have had personal experience with abnormal blood potassium values

Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Michelle Wong
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Dept of Medicine | University of British Columbia
(604) 657-2673
mimywong@mail.ubc.ca