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Health Care Professional Ambassador (HCPA) Program

Take a Pain Check (TAPC)’s Healthcare professional ambassador program consists of physicians from a variety of specialties (residents, fellows and attendings) and allied healthcare professionals. 

Ambassador Benefits

  • Gain visibility on the Take a Pain Check website and social media platforms, reaching a wide audience

  • Expand your professional network on an international scale, connecting with healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocates worldwide

  • Contribute to the global empowerment of youth with rheumatic diseases, making a positive impact on a global scale

  • Receive recognition at conferences through slideshows and inclusion in onboarding materials, showcasing your involvement

  • Join a network of like-minded individuals, including other ambassadors and team members, fostering connections and collaboration opportunities

  • Gain valuable insights from direct patient perspectives, hearing from individuals with diverse lived experiences

  • Share your personal research through blog post platforms and podcast episodes, amplifying your work to a global audience.

  • Promote your research and recruit participants through Take a Pain Check's newsletter and platforms, expanding your reach

  • Receive a Letter of Support for research projects, grants, or training opportunities by Take a Pain Check 

  • Receive an invitation to join Take a Pain Check's LinkedIn Business page, expanding your professional network

  • Raise awareness about rheumatic diseases worldwide, helping to reduce stigma and improve understanding

  • Share your expertise and knowledge with a global audience, educating others and promoting evidence-based practices

  • Experience personal fulfilment and make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients worldwide

Responsabilities

  • Get involved in the rheumatic disease community and engage in topics from a patient perspective

  • Create a minimum of 1 blog post a year about your research or rheumatic disease related

  • Mention potential opportunities for sponsorships, conferences, and other opportunities to present TAPC, including grants for community service by hospitals and organisations 

  • Work in collaboration with the HCPA Coordinator to apply for the grant opportunities provided by your clinic or hospital, or others you may come across 

  • Promote joint chat rheum monthly support groups in your hospital and clinic, and recommend to patients to participate, providing them a safe, space and community monthly 

  • Participate in virtual and physical gatherings hosted by Take a Pain Check when possible, and actively promote awareness to encourage greater attendance and participation

  • Brainstorm and execute plans that contribute to the growth of Take a Pain Check as well as this program

  • Establish a presence of TAPC within your community

  • Mention TAPC to patients, parents, allies

  • Promote TAPC to other rheumatologists and interested individuals 

  • Provide TAPC with connections which can be utilised for funding such as pharmaceutical companies, hospital grants, as well as increasing TAPC’s network and community 

  • Follow and promote Take a Pain Check’s social media platforms by:

  • Liking and commenting on our social media content

  • Following our social media platforms 

  • Reposting our marketing materials on your personal social media accounts

  • Put up posters and flyers in your own workplaces, or receive resource sheets from our team to provide to patients (including oral healthcare and rheumatology) 

  • Partake in social media (Optional)

  • Ex. Day in the life, Other videos (Instagram Reels, Tiktok, Youtube) 

  • The estimated time commitment for this role is up to 2 hours per month

Meetings & Communication 

  • Attend onboarding meeting

  • Attend quarterly meetings with other HCPA ambassadors and the HCPA Coordinator

  • Communicate in the HCPA chat while staying up-to-date with announcements

  • Reach out to other health professionals in/outside of your community to promote Take a Pain Check

  • Check the shared HCPA Google Drive folder on a weekly basis and complete any tasks assigned

  • Check slack on a daily basis for updates

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