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Participatory Medicine Learning Exchange: How Are We Moving the Needle?

by Sarah Krüg | Nov 7, 2016

We are each individually advancing the participatory medicine movement in our day-to-day lives and interfaces with healthcare and/or our work. Understanding the work we are conducting within our individual silos can help us learn from one another, allow us to build...

Teaching Health Communication with Participatory Medicine Highlights

by Ileana Balcu | Jul 30, 2016

In the Spring of 2016 I had the opportunity to teach the course New Media and Health Communication for an undergraduate class at The College of New Jersey. The class, designed by Dr. Yifeng Hu, already included an introduction to participatory medicine and patient...

Participatory Medicine: An Administrator’s Point of View

by e-Patient Dave | Feb 23, 2016

Guest post by Mark Reifsteck [left], who joined our Society in 2014. Follow him on Twitter at @MarkWReifsteck. To become a member, individually or organizationally, see our Join Us page. It started innocently enough: I made an off-handed comment on the SPM member...

Dr. Danny Sands explains what participatory medicine is and isn’t (great 5 minute video)

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 28, 2015

Dr. Danny Sands is one of the co-founders of our Society for Participatory Medicine, a great primary care physician, and a real thought leader who’s been doing this modern stuff for twenty years. (He co-authored the first journal paper on how to do...

New Participatory Medicine Resources for Providers

by Danny Sands, MD | Jun 1, 2015

Ever since the formation of the Society for Participatory Medicine we have discussed curating and sharing resources about participatory medicine. The resources might be videos, websites, blog posts, tutorials, and other online resources that could benefit patients,...

From OpenNotes to OurNotes: New project heads toward real participatory medicine

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 23, 2015

I’m beyond thrilled. Way beyond thrilled. This is going to take some figuring out, but is this what we’ve been striving toward, or what?? For years we’ve written here about the OpenNotes study (MyOpenNotes.org), funded by the Robert Wood Johnson...

A Case for Autonomy & The End of Participatory Medicine

by Nick Dawson | Dec 5, 2014

Guest post by Hugo Campos; introductory note from Society for Participatory Medicine president Nick Dawson Every movement evolves. And as a grassroots social justice movement, the Participatory Medicine Movement is also growing, changing and evolving. Something...

Digital Technology in Health and Participatory Medicine Recognized in UN Forum

by Nancy Finn | Nov 13, 2014

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was established by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 1946. It is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. The active...

Surgeon: “Participatory Medicine encourages partnership between patient and provider”

by Nick Dawson | Mar 13, 2014

I now ask all my patients, at the end of our visits, “Did I get it? Did I successfully answer your questions and address your fears?” Dr. Marc Katz is a cardiac surgeon in Richmond Virginia. His op-ed, ‘Participatory Medicine’ encourages partnership between patient...

Monthly introduction to e-patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 3, 2013

This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...