Key Tools and Resources
EPAI provides Key Tools and Resources in patient advocacy empowering advocates with essential assets for navigating healthcare challenges.
From mapping patient pathways to leveraging evidence-based advocacy and understanding GDPR regulations, these resources facilitate informed decision-making, drive policy change, and amplify patient voices. Access to comprehensive tools enables advocates to address disparities, improve healthcare outcomes, and champion the rights and well-being of patients in healthcare systems worldwide.
Online Tools
Tool to map patient pathways
Patvocates has developed a toolkit for patient organisations to map out their patient pathway. The tools provided help to untangle the patient pathway and identify the challenges patients and caregivers face.
The toolkit is publicly available for the community to use in order to reduce disease burden and improve the quality of life of patients and caregivers. This project has been sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Healthcare, research & data
Educational resources for patient advocates in the areas of healthcare systems & access, research & data as well as advocacy tools are available on the WECAN Academy website.
Skills Improvement
WECAN Academy online learning platform provides patient advocates the opportunity to grow their skills whenever wherever they want.
Advocates can access on-demand courses, a resource library, and a private community to share experiences
Evidence-Based Advocacy
An open-access online course on the basics of Evidence-Based Advocacy
Publications
An online course for patient advocates on how to publish and co-author in peer-reviewed publications
GDPR
GDPR open-access online course on GDPR concepts of the regulation, obligations and implications for patient organisations