SPM member Jeanne Pinder on TED home page

SPM member Jeanne Pinder on TED home page

By | February 21, 2019
 

The famous TED Talks site TED.com is the holy grail of many evangelists. Aside from the extraordinary visibility it gives your message, and aside from the validation of your message (the site’s tagline is “Ideas worth spreading”), it means...
Sara Riggare is Swede of the Year in medicine

Sara Riggare is Swede of the Year in medicine

By | January 31, 2019
 

Sara RIggare, one of the earliest members of our Society, has just received a great honor: Fokus magazine (“Sweden’s Time“) has named her “Swede of the Year” in medicine. In the photo from the award ceremony she seems appropriately...

So, about this “big data” thing …

By | January 7, 2019
 

On Facebook last Friday our member Carla Berg Nelson posted briefly about a new Psychology Today blog post, Data: the New Window into Humanity, by John Nosta. She tagged a number of other members (and non).  I know and respect Nosta from his days creating a LinkedIn...
SPM’s team leadership search for 2019

SPM’s team leadership search for 2019

By | December 4, 2018
 

Our Society for Participatory Medicine is growing in membership and in projects and teams. If you’re a member, have you considered leading a team? If you’re not, have you considered joining? The message below was posted last weekend by co-founder and...
For Diabetes Month, be conscious that language matters.

For Diabetes Month, be conscious that language matters.

By | November 2, 2018
 

Lifetime SPM member Deborah Greenwood is a diabetes educator who has long believed in patient empowerment and participatory medicine. SPM welcomes posts authored by our members – see the guidelines. November is Diabetes Awareness Month. And November 14, 2018 is...

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