Thank you for joining SPM, showing your support for Participatory Medicine:

“Participatory Medicine is a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and in which providers encourage and value them as full partners.”

Welcome to the organization — we’re pleased to have you join us! It’s no coincidence that our image on this page shows a Habitat for Humanity team working together to build something new.

If you haven’t yet done so, please ensure your membership profile is filled out as completely as possible. This helps other members find like-minded people in the organization, in order to communicate and connect.

 

SPM Connect

You will be subscribed automatically to our members-only community forums, SPM Connect within 24 hours. Once subscribed (you’ll receive a separate notice), you can access the SPM Connect forums. This is the primary meeting place where members share ideas, ask questions, and bounce opinions off of one another, with people and professionals from diverse backgrounds.

 

Get Involved today!

• Read and sign the participatory medicine manifesto.
• Join a local meetup! Join one of our active meetups in Chicago or the Mid-Atlantic. Contact Geri Lynn Baumblatt (gerilynn@mac.com) for Chicago or Helene clayton-Jeter (drhdcj@gmail.com) for the Mid-Atlantic.
• Volunteer with SPM! Please fill out our new member skills survey to volunteer your time and skills to the Society. Everyone at SPM, top to bottom, is a volunteer. You can help! Here is the list of our current initiatives and committees.
• Share your story or perspective! Submit an article or essay to our blog (blogging guidelines): blogging@participatorymedicine.org
• Find members like you. Use the membership directory to find like-minded members who share similar interests and skills. Use the membership directory guide and Advanced Search to help you find others.
• Join us at our next Town Hall! Meet other members virtually at our monthly Town Hall meetings. Check out our Calendar or SPM Connect for more information on the next one.

Our Social Media

• Follow us on Twitter: @S4PM (or hashtag #S4PM for links to stories about participatory medicine)
• Like our Facebook page or join our Facebook discussion group
• Join us on LinkedIn
• Follow us on Instagram: @participatorymedicine

 

Our Publications

• Keep up-to-date with all of our efforts by subscribing to occasional email updates.
• Visit and keep up-to-date on our blog. Subscribe via email
  • Posts include participatory medicine topics, resources for e-patients, and thoughtful commentaries about important articles on the net; the comments add up to interesting conversations.
  • Guidelines for guest posts are at e-patients.net/guestposts. Submit a “Why I Joined” post!
• Our open-access journal is the Journal of Participatory Medicine (Twitter: @JourPM)
  • Peer-reviewed, open access, with frequent  releases.
  • Contact the editors: editors@jopm.org. Info on submitting articles is here.
• Our member newsletter. View the archives or subscribe to the newsletter on the right-hand side of this page. (New members are automatically subscribed.)

Our origins and additional resources

• Learn about “Doc Tom” Ferguson, the true visionary who coined the term “e-patient” in the 1990s, and accurately foresaw what was starting to happen. The colleagues he collected are the founders of our society.
• Our driving force: the e-Patient White Paper (PDF), in English and Spanish
• Wikipedia pages for participatory medicine (patient participation)

 

Thanks again -– dive in, and spread the word. Participate!

Suggestions to improve this page? Write to info@participatorymedicine.org.