The PATIENTS Professors Academy

patients@rx.umaryland.edu
410.706.3839

The PATIENTS Professors Academy is a 5-week online training program that prepares participants to learn about patient-centered practices within their work and communities. It is an opportunity to interact with and learn from a diverse population about how to engage communities in research. A focus is on populations most impacted by health inequity.

Learning objectives:

• Be able to represent, teach, and apply the 10-Step Engagement Framework in working with clinical researchers
• Demonstrate the value of patient-centered outcomes research through evidence-based engagement strategies
• Find, learn about, and create ways for patients and communities to share their voice and concerns in clinical research
• Support patients, community members, and researchers in creating a common language to address community concerns in research
• Bridge gaps, understand unique perspectives, and identify common goals of patients and researchers
• Exercise cultural humility to create mutually beneficial research partnerships
• Gain the tools to understand research design and protocols applied within their communities

Activities:

• A one-hour weekly online interactive seminar taking place in the evening
• Write a weekly reflection and read the reflections of other participants
• Recommended essential readings
• Round tables and discussion panels

The program is designed for a national audience of patients, caregivers, community leaders, patient advocates, researchers, healthcare workers, pharmaceutical workers, and government employees.

The program is provided at no cost to participants.

A link to the online application is available on the program website.