Geographical Group Reporting Submission

Group Cochrane Malaysia

Name May Loong Tan

Activity name / title GIN Conference Satellite Meeting with Malaysian Patient Support Groups

Date

Start date 18-09-2026

Proposed end date 18-09-2026

on-going No

Was this activity in collaboration with other organization(s) or partner(s)? If so which? Yes

Name of the organization(s) or partner(s) Science For All

Person to contact if any queries about this activity Wai Sum Leong
cochrane@rumc.edu.my

Type of activity Dissemination / Knowledge Translation, Partnership development, Consumer /patient / caretaker engagement

Please give additional activity details (i.e., reach, impact, duration, return on investment) This meeting was tailored for patient support group representatives, to raise a discussion on getting public and patient involvement in research started in Malaysia. The main topics were about public involvement in research, the research cycle, and stakeholder mapping. One important outcome from these discussions was the unanimous agreement for a Community of Practice to be established. It was held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, with a total of 20 participants (14 participants from 9 PSGs and 6 participants from MCCG).

Link and documents

Link https://stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/0202607230052

Photos

By checking this box, my center consents to the use of these photos for Cochrane internal and external purposes, such as websites, reports, social media, etc. Yes