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NOA Physician Associates webinar – part 2

NOA Webinar: Physician Associates in Orthopaedic Services – Part 2

Date: 1 May 2024 at 1pm
Venue: Virtual Event (Zoom)

Join the NOA for Part 2 of their webinar, ‘Physician Associates (PAs) in Orthopaedic Services’.

Building on the success of the inaugural session, Part 2 will delve deeper into the future changes impacting the training, curriculum, and regulation of PAs in orthopaedics.

Speakers:

  • Jamie Saunders and Chandra Louis, President and Vice President respectively of the Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA) at the Royal College of Physicians.
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FSEM Diploma in Team care

Are you looking for a qualification that demonstrates your knowledge and clinical application knowledge in athlete and team care?

Sport and Exercise Medicine, including the skills and research coming from Team Care or Sport Medicine has a large-scale application for public health and the NHS. Team Care involves the medical care of injury and illness in sport and exercise. It requires accurate diagnoses, careful clinical examination, experience and knowledge of sport and exercise specific movement patterns.

The Diploma in Team care sets the standard for team care knowledge across sport and exercise medicine.…

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New Oliver Bird Funding for MSK

£6 million of research funding to improve the lives of people living with musculoskeletal conditions.

The Nuffield Foundation, in partnership with Versus Arthritis, has announced £6 million for new research funding to improve the well-being of people living with musculoskeletal conditions in the UK, with a focus outside clinical settings. Applications for the Oliver Bird Fund can consider any stage in the life course; those challenging ethnic, income, gender and other inequalities are particularly welcome, and the Foundation encourages applications from teams across all four UK nations.…

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No NRAS Live this month!

Due to many of the NRAS team going to the BSR conference later in the month, there is unfortunately no NRAS Live this month. However, if you have missed any of their live broadcasts – remember you can watch ALL previous NRAS Lives via their YouTube channel.
 
They have even made this handy playlist, which has all previous lives events in order and ready for a weekend binge!

Refer a patient to NRAS

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) know the immense pressure faced by rheumatology healthcare teams. Let NRAS be the extra team member you need, by introducing your patients to Right Start.

NRAS works in partnership with the NHS to offer its information and support services to patients who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As a Health Professional, all you have to do is submit a quick form to refer your patient to NRAS and they take care of the rest!

SOMM Tutors’ References for 2024

SOMM’s tutors get together at their Annual Study Day early in the year, as well as meeting on SOMM’s individual courses.  As part of their development programme, relevant references to support the musculoskeletal medicine approach are shared, to support the content of SOMM’s Foundation in Musculoskeletal Medicine module.

MSK educators and practitioners might also find them useful and can find them on the document here.

SOMM Injection CPD Day

The Injection CPD Day is still a new product for SOMM but the two days held recently in Belfast were a great success with excellent feedback. Attendees review current evidence as well as refreshing their practical skills and enhancing their clinical reasoning in MSK injection therapy.

The next CPD Day will be held in Liverpool on Saturday, 11th May 2024. For further information and booking, please visit SOMM’s website.

Co-production works well locally – let’s ensure it happens nationally

Guest bloggerGuest blog by Rachel Power, Chief Executive, Patients Association

At the Patients Association, we’ve seen the transformative power of shared decision making and patient partnership.

Work we’ve done in partnership to empower patients with musculoskeletal conditions by giving them the tools to make informed treatment choices demonstrated how patient partnership delivers for patients and the NHS.

That project with patients, healthcare professionals, the Patient Information Forum and Nottinghamshire ICB focused on removing barriers to shared decision making. As a collective, participants reviewed patient resources – some already developed, others in development – designed to support patients’ decisions.…

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The TIPTOE Study into knee/hip pain

TIPTOE study

Do you or someone you know have knee or hip joint pain that is impacting daily life?

The TIPTOE research study is aimed at people 70+ with knee and / or hip pain, comparing a new support package, which aims to give people the knowledge, confidence and skills to live well independently, with standard care.

If you decide to take part, you will be put at random into one of two groups:

  1. TIPTOE Support programme: this includes having up to 6 personalised coaching sessions with a trained healthcare practitioner and you will also receive a copy of our ‘living well with joint pain’ book.
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