Patient involvement through YouTube at the Medicine 2.0 conference

One of the most inspiring presentations at the Medicine 2.0'08 conference was a presentation by Luis Fernandez Luque, which included a YouTube video by a patient, Lauren Parrot, specifically recorded for the conference.

I think involving patients via YouTube in this conference was a phantastic idea. The video from laurenvparrot , which was played in the plenary, was very inspiring and touching.

I am wondering how we can harness this idea for Medicine 2.0'09, perhaps in a more systematic way. Perhaps we can pose some specific questions for patients and invite YouTube submissions, which will be presented/exhibited at the conference? This would enable patient-involvement without creating traveling costs etc.

Perhaps we can also find a sponsor for a "Patient 2.0" award...

If somebody has ideas for specific questions / discussion points for patients/consumers, please post them here or on the Medicine 2.0 Social Network discussion board.





Pictures from FlickR showing Luis Fernandez Luque presenting the YouTube video from Lauren Parrot, specifically recorded for the Medicine 2.0 conference.



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