STYPA 2025 - Shaping the Future of Digital Health and AI
The Skills Training for Young Patient Advocates (STYPA) is back for 2025! STYPA is an exciting and unique opportunity offering a tailored, high-quality course for young patients or representatives of young patients, aged between 18-30 years old.
What are the main goals of the course?
This year’s topic will be dedicated to digital health and Artificial Intelligence in healthcare. These innovations are reshaping the healthcare landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities to improve outcomes, enhance patient experiences, and address long-standing challenges in healthcare systems. Digital health tools, such as telemedicine, mobile health apps, and wearable devices, are breaking down barriers to accessibility, enabling patients to receive care regardless of their location, and empowering them to take an active role in their health management. For patients with chronic conditions, these technologies are particularly transformative, enabling continuous monitoring, early detection of health issues, and improved communication with healthcare providers, all of which contribute to better disease management and enhanced quality of life.
The Skills Training 2025 aims to:
- Enhance awareness of the transformative potential of digital health and AI in healthcare, particularly for patients with chronic conditions, and their impact on patient experiences and outcomes.
- Foster understanding of ethical and social challenges associated with digital health and data use, including equity, transparency, privacy, and inclusivity.
- Equip young patient advocates with practical knowledge on data governance, digital health tools, and AI applications to enable responsible advocacy for patient-centered innovation.
- Empower participants to promote equitable and inclusive healthcare systems that leverage digital advancements while safeguarding patient rights and addressing potential risks.
- Engage participants in EPF campaigns and initiatives advocating for ethical and sustainable digital health policies, enabling them to lead efforts in their own countries and communities.
By achieving these objectives, the training will empower young patient leaders to take an active role in shaping a future healthcare landscape that is innovative, ethical, and centered around patient needs.
When and where?
- Introduction webinar - June 2025;
- The face-to-face meeting of STYPA will be held from 3 to 6 July 2025, in Brussels, Belgium at the Thon EU Hotel;
- Follow up workshop webinars – August and September 2025;
- Closing Celebration webinar – October 2025.
*Please note that EPF will cover the travel and accommodation costs for all accepted participants of the training.
Who is it for?
Capacity: 25-30 participants
Age range: 18 – 30
Nationality: participants from European countries in particular EU Members States and the Western Balkan Countries, which have either the EU official candidate or potential candidate countries status.
The programme targets the following categories of participants:
- Patient with a chronic and/or lifelong illness/condition who is affiliated with a patient organisation;
- Patient with a chronic and/or lifelong illness/condition who is not affiliated with a patient organisation;
- Employee or volunteer of a patient organisation;
The programme can sponsor only one family member/carer per participant.
It is preferable that all participants:
- Have an excellent level of English (C1 as a minimum)
- Have basic knowledge about public health, advocacy, role of patients in developing new legislation
- Are passionate about advocating for patients’ rights
- Have an interested in learning more about digital health and Artificial intelligence
- Are dedicated to engaging in patients’ advocacy organisations
- Are willing to be part of a large patients’ rights movement
- Are able to transfer learning to peers in their community
- Availability for the entirety of the training course
- Have valid travel documents
*EPF will strive to achieve a balanced representation of nationality, age, health condition, gender and social-economic background.
How to apply?
You can apply by completing this application form (deadline 16th March).
If you have any additional questions or issues with your application, please contact the EPF Staff at stypa@eu-patient.eu.
Best of luck!
See the STYPA 2025 brochure.
See the PDF version of STYPA 2025 application form.