A course bringing knowledge and advocacy skills to prostate cancer patients around Europe
The Europa Uomo Academy is a training programme to help representatives from Europa Uomo member organisations gain knowledge of prostate cancer issues and become expert patient advocates. The training sessions are run by a high-level panel of prostate cancer experts and experienced patient advocates.
The next Europa Uomo Academy event will be an Expert Patient Winter School. It will complement the knowledge gained at the Europa Uomo Summer School, providing additional training to instil skills for expert patient advocacy and supporting fellow patients through the process of shared decision making. It will be held in Brussels, Belgium on 8th to 13th February 2026.
Winter School content
The aim of the Europa Uomo Winter School is to produce patient advocates who feel confident to co-design clinical trials, talk to regulatory authorities, engage with authorities on reimbursement and provide peer-to-peer support. It will cover:
Evidence and data
- Clinical trials
- Quality of life
- Patient reported outcome measures
- Patient reported experiences
- Evidence-based advocacy
The regulatory environment
- The European Medicines Agency
- Market authorisation
- Off-label use
- Clinical trial authorisation
- Ethics committees
- Medical device regulation
- Health technology assessment
Member State health care systems
- Member State reimbursement
- Cross-border health care
- Access to health care
- Availability of new treatments
- Affordability of new treatments
- Patient rights
Issues in advocacy
- Shared decision making
- Inequalities
- Artificial intelligence
- Evidence and guidelines
- Advocacy at EU level
- GDPR rules
- Europa Uomo advocacy
- Peer-to-peer support
Time to relax
Relaxation will be part of the programme. One afternoon will be spent in the European Quarter of the city and there will be an evening in a Belgian restaurant.
Practicalities
Venue: NH Hotel Bloom, Brussels, Belgium
Arrival: Sunday 8th February 2026
Training: Morning of Monday 9th February to evening of Thursday 12th February
Farewell dinner, presentation of certificates: Thursday 12th February
Friday free for departure.
Who can attend?
Each Europa Uomo member organisation can send TWO representatives free of charge. They must be able to participate actively in the training, which requires a working knowledge of English. Participants must be prostate cancer patients active in their own national organisation.
Participants are proposed by their national organisation but need to be accepted by the Europa Uomo’s Academy management.
The cost of the summer school will be met by Europa Uomo and includes travel (reasonable expenses) and hotel from Sunday to Friday. Personal extras need to be paid by the participants themselves.
Alongside our patient representatives, Europa Uomo will be welcoming some of its sponsors as observers.
Register
Go to the Academy registration page.
