“Patient Education Program (PEP)”

20th & 21st April 2023,

ERN-Skin organised its Scientific Days on the topic: “Patient Education Program (PEP)”. As defined by the OMS-Europe report  it « aims to help patients gain or keep the competencies they need in order to better manage their life with a chronic disorder. It is an integral part, and on a permanent basis,, of patient care ». Since 2009, PEP has been legally defined in France. The long French experience in this field could be an example to implement PEP in other European countries.