Open-source alternatives like Office Suites (OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Google Drive), Word Processing like AbiWord, Presentations like Prezi and Flowcharting and Diagramming (Dia or Cacoo).
Blog Posts
Have you used parts of our Toolbox?
How have you used the Patient Education Toolbox? Let us know, with photos, videos, adapted materials…
National UPDATES! – November 2016
Patients are more and more in the drivers seat and we have news from all over Europe on how patients are working with other stakeholders to redraw the lines of what and how is patient engagement.
Patient involvement as the norm?
EUPATI’s vision can be connected back to rights for patients. The right to be informed, the right to be educated, the right to be involved, the right to be seen as an equal partner.
I can’t afford that software, now what? – Project Management
Project Planning and project management – ProjectLibre, OpenProject and Trello – generally enables project planning with Gantt charts, timelines, task and resource management tools, and report generation.
Swiss collaboration – becoming citizen scientists
When patients better understand how good quality clinical trials are performed and they can have a role in their design and conduct, serving to increase recruitment to clinical trials in Switzerland and Europe-wide. EUPATI materials can serve as the basis for training courses aimed at specific patient groups and contribute to the advancement of citizen science in general.
I can’t afford that software, now what? – Audio
Audio editing and recording software packages generally offer the ability to record and edit (like Audacity, etc), and export audio, and Audio Hosting like SoundCloud.
Why I am a EUPATI trainee
I am one of this year’s students learning to translate medical-speak to meaningful, accessible and reliable information. This knowledge needs to be made accessible to everyone. Cue the Patient Advocate Toolbox!
What have National EUPATIs been up to? Summer 2016
National team activities on patient engagement in many European countries.
Interaction of Patients, Regulators & Industry
The processes of patient involvement in industry medicines research and development have evolved, but the evolution of frameworks, mechanisms, metrics and processes happens individually without much alignment and sharing.
