Citizens, Patients and Musubu The 38th Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan (PMAJ) Patient Group Seminar" Available on Demand Online-based patient group activities - What we can do now
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Japan (PMAJ) Patient Groups Cooperation Promotion Committee has distributed on-demand the "38th PMAJ Patient Groups Seminar", a roundtable discussion with lecturers (distribution period: December 25, 2020-February 28, 2021). Due to the effects of the new coronavirus, we had to give up holding the seminar at the venue as in previous years, but we conducted the first video distribution of a patient group seminar.
The seminar
Under the theme of "Patient Organization Activities Utilizing Online - What We Can Do Now," Yu Ikezaki, Representative of Intractable Disease NET. RDing Fukuoka, and Yoko Matsumoto, President of Ehime Cancer Support Orenji no Kai, a non-profit organization (NPO), who also spoke at the FY 2019 seminar, were They talked about what they are doing and feeling "right now," including the current status of their organizations, how they were able to solve their problems online, and the importance of real places.
For details of the seminar, please refer to the following URL
http://www.jpma.or.jp/patient/action/seminar_38.html
In closing
The "Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan Patient Group Seminar" has been held since 2000, and this time, for the first time, the seminar was video-delivered. Although we regret that we could not meet with the patient groups in person, we are happy that we were able to deliver the information to many people, some of whom were unable to attend the venue until now. We hope that the experiences and thoughts of Mr. Ikezaki and Mr. Matsumoto will help you in your patient organization activities.
( Miwako Watanabe, leader of the Patient Organization Seminar TF, Patient Organization Collaboration Promotion Committee)