{"id":20776,"date":"2018-08-03T08:23:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=20776"},"modified":"2018-08-03T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:43:29","slug":"announcing-spms-new-doc-tom-awards-nominations-are-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2018\/08\/announcing-spms-new-doc-tom-awards-nominations-are-open.html","title":{"rendered":"Announcing SPM’s new Doc Tom Awards. Nominations are open!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s here: our Society’s new Doc Tom Awards are open for nominations! Spread the word, and join us at our second annual conference<\/a> on October 17 for the award!<\/p>\n

If you don’t yet know about Doc Tom Ferguson, founder of the e-patient movement, read our \/DocTom page<\/a>. To commemorate and promote his values, in last year’s conference program we included this block:<\/p>\n

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Coming in 2018: the \u201cDoc Tom\u201d Award<\/h2>\n

Our Society was created in 2009 to honor and continue the work of \u201cDoc\u00a0Tom\u201d Ferguson (1943-2006), a true visionary who foresaw decades ago that \u201ce-patients\u201d (empowered, engaged, equipped, enabled) would transform the future of health and care.<\/p>\n

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2018 marks the fortieth anniversary of Tom\u2019s graduation from medical school and his first published thoughts on medical self-care. In honor of the occasion SPM is creating the \u201cDoc\u00a0Tom\u201d Award, to recognize people and organizations whose work exemplifies what Tom\u00a0foresaw and advocated.<\/p>\n

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Watch our blog for more news. If you\u2019d like to endow the award, contact us. To learn more about Tom\u2019s work, publications, and legacy, visit the \/DocTom page on our website: s4pm.info\/DocTom<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The time has come! Awards need criteria, and as members of the award team talked about it, we realized we really want two awards, for Tom’s work during his life and for what we’ve done with it since he passed in 2006. Here are the criteria for the two awards:<\/p>\n

Award 1: e-Patient Principles<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For a person who exemplifies what Tom stood for during his lifetime – specifically, who:<\/p>\n