Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
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Thinking ahead to a bright New Year, SOMM has a complete schedule of courses ready for 2025, in locations across the U.K.
Courses include the SOMM Foundation Module, Injection Therapy Module and IT CPD Update Days. You can browse the SOMM schedule here [PDF], and secure your place by email on admin@sommcourses.org.
A very Happy Christmas to all in ARMA!
The next in ORUK’s series of AI-focused webinars will be taking place on 12th February 2025, starting at 9.30am.
Ensuring data quality in AI: Practical and ethical challenges.
This webinar will feature experts in data quality and related ethical challenges and focus on addressing common challenges associated with the use of AI in clinical research including data bias, missing data, and ethical concerns.
The webinar is free to attend but delegates must register in advance.
ORUK is the first MSK charity to actively support start-ups and entrepreneurs, and wants to encourage a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship within MSK health.
If you share the charity’s interest in MSK innovation, or have an idea or solution that has the potential to become a new MSK product or service, you may be interested in attending its Unlocking innovation in musculoskeletal health networking event on Tuesday 25th February (2-6pm) in Central London. The event will feature short presentations from inspiring MSK entrepreneurs, plus experts in healthcare innovation, with plenty of time for networking.…
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Joint RCSEd – ORUK Research Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery
ORUK is partnering with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) to support advancements in Orthopaedics through this unique research fellowship. Up to £60,000 is available.
Deadline for applications: 31/12/2024.
For further information, visit oruk.org/research
Joint NJR/ORUK/RCS England Research Fellowship
ORUK is co-sponsoring a fellowship with The National Joint Registry (NJR), with the successful candidate to be appointed in 2025. Applicants must propose a project that is aligned with the broad strategic objectives of the NJR and based upon NJR data.…
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The British Orthopaedic Association is running the Training Orthopaedic Trainers (TOTs) course on Monday, March 24th 2025.
The programme is aimed to improve the standard of teaching for those in trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) training and practice entirely online. The underlying premise of TOTs is that if T&O trainers understand how people learn and how the T&O curriculum works, by translating that understanding into action, they should improve their teaching.
Full details can be found via the BOA website.
Don’t miss the BOA’s AI in Orthopaedics Conference 2024 – Fundamentals for AI and ML in Orthopaedics and MSK.
It takes place on 19th-20th December 2024 at RCS England, and will include practical workshops, key note speeches by AI experts, a Python clinic, plus hands-on coding with your own data.
Book now at www.boa.ac.uk/AI.
Lupus UK Youth is pleased to launch a new booklet to support and prepare young people with lupus during the transition from paediatrics to adult services. It is based on the T-KASH (Transition Knowledge and Skills in Healthcare) model developed by young people with lived experience from Alström Syndrome UK, and includes tips and a workbook format to help young people think through their individual transition journey.
As lupus is a life-long condition, effective transition from paediatric to adult services is a vital part of healthcare for young people with lupus.…
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getUBetter, in partnership with UWE Bristol and NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS, has secured research funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research Invention for Innovation programme to provide real-world evidence for national adoption.
The funding will further support getUBetter in evaluating the impact of the MSK service on patients, clinicians, and the health system, as well as looking at the cost-effectiveness of integrating digital self-management support for non-specific low back pain into ICS MSK clinical pathways.…
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ARMA has submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on the NHS 10-Year Plan.
The submission was produced with ARMA members who gave their views in a series of meetings. The response calls for MSK conditions to have the long-overdue acknowledgment and equal footing alongside other long-term conditions and highlights the substantial impact that MSK conditions have on individuals’ lives, the NHS and the wider economy.
You can read ARMA’s submission here.
by Sue Brown, CEO ARMA
Last week I was in London with ARMA trustees discussing future plans and opportunities. An optimistic, upbeat meeting full of hope and pride in an organisation that is making a difference. One thing which will make a difference to those opportunities will be the outcome of the Government’s new ten year plan for the NHS.
With the inclusion of MSK in the Major Conditions Strategy we had begun to make progress. It is vital that we don’t lose that.…
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