ByTIPC – Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium

Overview

How can comprehensive cancer control be reimagined through the voices of patients, families and caregivers? Join us to find out.

About this event

What does it actually take to transform a conventional health system—and how can the lived experiences of patients, families and caregivers move from the margins to the centre of that process?

This Online Open Learning Series session focuses on a preliminary exploration of how to shift patients from passive recipients of care to active agents of innovation within comprehensive cancer control. Drawing from a five-year collaborative project between Colombia’s National Cancer Institute (INC) and the Latin American and Caribbean Transformative Innovation Hub (HUBLAYCTIP), the project addresses the critical challenge of recognizing, validating, and integrating non-formal, experiential knowledge into healthcare strategies.

The core of this discussion focuses on how to grant these vital actors a leading role in the collective construction of health knowledge, challenging institutionalized medical routines that often block change. Utilizing Multicriteria Mapping (MCM), the research reveals substantial differences in priorities, languages, and expectations between clinical teams and families. While specialized medical models traditionally prioritize direct technological and curative interventions, patients and caregivers emphasize that true healthcare innovation must encompass empathy, clear communication, and continuous emotional and structural support.

We will discuss how addressing these communication asymmetries and understanding localized patient experiences can reduce uncertainty, build trust, and foster genuine patient autonomy. Furthermore, the session will highlight possible routes to turn these voices into systemic impact, including capacity-building to position patient associations as co-actors of institutional change, co-designing digital technologies with rather than for patients, and forming transdisciplinary communities of practice. Ultimately, this webinar offers key insights for anyone looking to transition from rigid biomedical frameworks toward a more humanized, inclusive, and collaborative model of healthcare.

Why join this session?

• Explore how Multicriteria Mapping can reveal divergent priorities among patients, caregivers and health professionals
• Reflect on the role of patient and caregiver knowledge as a driver of health system transformation
• Connect with researchers working at the intersection of transformative innovation policy and health

This session will be conducted in English.

Contributors:

Ana Milena Osorio García is a researcher at the Latin American and Caribbean Transformative Innovation Hub, where she investigates participatory approaches to health system transformation with a focus on comprehensive cancer control.

María Luisa Villalba is a researcher at the Latin American and Caribbean Transformative Innovation Hub, working on transformative innovation methodologies applied to health and patient-centred care in the Latin American context.

The session will be introduced by TIPC’s Global Programme Manager, David Brimage.

Transformative Innovation in Health: Rethinking Cancer Control Tickets, Thursday 2 July  •  3 PM – 4 PM GMT+1 | Eventbrite