Category: Courses Classes & Study

MSK Pearls and Red Whale events

Versus Arthritis and Red Whale (the GP-Update course providers) are working together to bring healthcare professionals a fantastic new range of free musculoskeletal education, specifically designed to help improve your confidence and skills in supporting people with MSK conditions and to gain valuable CPD points.

Coming soon:

  • Specially curated MSK Pearls that cut through the clutter and focus on the important issues you shouldn’t miss, as well as the small things that might make your lives easier and your patients’ lives better.
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Therapy Expo 2019

BASRaT is an event partner at this year’s Therapy Expo.

Therapy professionals are under increasing pressure to help relieve the burden on frontline NHS services, dealing with patients presenting with MSK, back, and joint pain. The conference programme is dedicated to key areas including MSK, sports injuries, biomechanics and neuro rehabilitation. 

BASRaT not only has a stand at the expo, we are also holding our AGM on the second day of the conference. Therapy Expo takes place on 27  and 28 November at the NEC, find out more at www.therapyexpo.co.uk…

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BOA Instructional Course

BOA Instructional Course

The BOA Instructional Course was established to help trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) surgeons to establish strong foundations for practice and assessment. We provide the opportunity for a number of Case Based Discussions (CBDs) across a range of topics but also to network and attend lectures delivered by expert clinicians. This one-day programme runs two parallel streams and provides curriculum-driven clinical updates and critical condition assessment opportunities aimed at T&O trainees and SAS surgeons. For more information please click here.…

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Core Skills in MSK Care workshops

The Versus Arthritis Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care one day Workshop has been developed for primary care health professionals to improve knowledge, skills and confidence in delivering high quality care to patients with musculoskeletal conditions. The workshops are largely split into three sections: Spine, lower limb and upper limb, with an overview of a range of musculoskeletal conditions. The workshop is hands-on and focuses on patient assessment and examination, diagnosis and support. See the workshop in action here.

The remaining workshop dates for 2019 are:

Wednesday 25 September – London
Wednesday 23 October – Leeds
Tuesday 26 November – London
Tuesday 10 December – Glasgow

For more information or to book your place please visit www.coreskillsinmsk.co.uk…

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2020 MSK Champions

by Jonathan Canty, Policy Officer, Versus Arthritis

The second cohort of MSK Champions at Versus Arthritis has started their 18-month leadership development programme at the well renowned Ashridge business school. Through the skills acquired on the programme, mentorship and a multi-disciplinary network of peers, the Champions will be supported and coached to drive forward a local service-improvement project to improve MSK health care provisions in their local area.

“It has already given the confidence to face difficult situations that potentially stand in the way of improving care.…

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Versus Arthritis Core Skills Workshops

Please find below upcoming dates for the Versus Arthritis Core Skills in MSK workshops.

These 1-day practical workshops provide a supportive environment for GPs and other frontline healthcare professionals to develop their confidence and skills in the diagnosis, treatment options and self-management of patients with MSK conditions.

  • Birmingham – 10 July
  • London – 25 September
  • Leeds – 23 October
  • London – 26 November
  • Glasgow – 10 December

Click here to book your place on any of the above workshops.

Watch a video of the workshop in action.

Aspiring to Excellence programme – closing date approaching for applications

The application window for the Aspiring to Excellence award programme is nearing its end, with a deadline of 31 July. The programme is a strategic partnership between NASS, BRITSpA and sponsoring companies AbbVie, Novartis and UCB, designed to encourage and recognise service improvement in axial SpA (AS) care.

Visit the NASS website for details on how to apply. For further information please contact annamcgilvray@nass.co.uk.

Autoimmune Diseases Training Day

King’s Health Partners Inter-Disciplinary Autoimmune Diseases Training Day
13 April 2019
Presented by Dr. James Galloway, Christian Pankhurst, Matthew Collison & Rebecca Roopnarine.

This free study day is open to all medical, nursing and AHP staff involved in managing patients with autoimmune conditions and will focus on the identification and management of musculoskeletal complications.

For more details and the programme for the day, please visit the event page.

Core Skills in MSK Care workshop series

These 1-day practical workshops provide a supportive environment for GPs and other frontline healthcare professionals to develop their confidence and skills in the diagnosis, treatment options and self-management of patients with MSK conditions.

There are six remaining workshops scheduled to take place throughout the UK in 2019:

  • Manchester – 21 May
  • Birmingham – 10 July
  • London – 25 September
  • Leeds – 23 October
  • London – 26 November
  • Glasgow – 10 December

Click here to book your place on any of the above workshops.…

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