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In contrast to many respiratory diseases, however, there are no specific patient charities or European patient organisations for patients with bronchiectasis and no existing infrastructure for patient engagement. This article describes the experience of EMBARC and the European Lung Foundation in establishing a patient advisory group and then engaging this group in European guidelines, an international registry and a series of research studies.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Patient involvement in research, clinical guidelines and educational activities is increasingly advocated and increasingly important. Genuine patient engagement can achieve a number of goals that are critical to the success of an EU project, including focussing activities on patient priorities, allowing patients to direct the clinical and research agenda, and dissemination of guidelines and research findings to patients and the general public. Here, we review lessons learned and provide guidance for future ERS task forces, EU-funded projects or clinical research collaborations that are considering patient involvement.<\/jats:p><jats:sec><jats:title>Educational aims<\/jats:title><jats:list list-type=\"bullet\"><jats:list-item><jats:p>To understand the different ways in which patients can contribute to clinical guidelines, research projects and educational activities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>To understand the barriers and potential solutions to these barriers from a physician\u2019s perspective, in order to ensure meaningful patient involvement in clinical projects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>To understand the barriers and potential solutions from a patient\u2019s perspective, in order to meaningfully involve patients in clinical projects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><\/jats:list><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1183\/20734735.009517","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,1]],"date-time":"2017-09-01T00:26:04Z","timestamp":1504225564000},"page":"194-207","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1183\/ers-crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Patient participation in ERS guidelines and research projects: the EMBARC experience"],"prefix":"10.1183","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"James D.","family":"Chalmers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alan","family":"Timothy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Polverino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marta","family":"Almagro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Ruddy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pippa","family":"Powell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeanette","family":"Boyd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"81","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024101703305060000_13.3.194.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1186\/s40900-015-0004-9","article-title":"From tokenism to meaningful engagement: best practices in patient involvement in an EU project","volume":"1","author":"Supple","year":"2015","journal-title":"Res Involv Engagem"},{"key":"2024101703305060000_13.3.194.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2014-005234"},{"key":"2024101703305060000_13.3.194.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0128817","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0128817","article-title":"What difference does patient and public involvement make and what are its pathways to impact? 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