Milestones of patient involvement in scientific rheumatology projects
| 1993 | Establishment of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Consumer Group |
| 2002 | First patients invited for the biannual OMERACT meeting |
| 2005 | First use of the term Patient Research Partner4 |
| 2010 | Publication of the EULAR recommendations for patient–researcher collaboration14 |
| 2011 | Establishment of the EULAR network of PRPs–first training meeting |
| 2013 | First PRPs attending the annual GRAPPA meeting30 |
| 2014 | Publication of the OMERACT recommendations for patient–researcher collaboration28 |
| 2015 | PCORI awards the Arthritis Patient Partnership (AR-PoWER) Network |
| 2016 | First meeting of the ACR Study Group for PRPs |
| 2017 | Inaugural presentation from the ANZMUSC consumer advisors First meeting of the EULAR Study Group for Collaborative Research |
| 2018 | First meeting of the Action Council, the global initiative to track patient engagement in rheumatology research |
ACR, American College of Rheumatology; ANZMUSC, Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials network; AR-PoWER, Arthritis Partnership with Comparative Effectiveness Researchers; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; GRAPPA, Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis; OMERACT, Outcome Measures in Rheumatology; PCORI, Patient-Centred Outcome Research Institute; PRP, Patient Research Partner.