Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
SMILE enables you to find out about different aspects of living with RA in a unique and engaging way and involve your family as you can do it in your own time, at your own pace and re-visit modules of particular interest.
It’s free to register and very easy to use. You select which module you want to watch and there are currently five modules to choose from. We shall be launching the sixth module soon!
The current modules are:
Visit the nras.org.uk…
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“How and Why to Request Blood Tests and How to Interpret the Results”
PCRMM will be delivering a couple of excellent days of bloods training in the new year. Investigations, interpreting results, chronic pain, fibromyalgia and endocrinology amongst many other topics will be covered over these two days of interactive talks and presentations.
You can book for one or both days, and recordings of the presentations will also be available after the live training days.
You can see the full timetable and book here.
Managing chronic pain can be one of the most difficult aspects of primary care for both doctors and patients. This trainer led short course looks at the NICE chronic primary pain guidelines and ways to put these into practice.
This webinar will cover:
Wednesday 30 November 2022, 6:30-8:30pm
Cost £25
Book your place on Managing chronic pain in primary care webinar – Step 1 (versusarthritis.org).
Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritic Pain using Exercise (ESCAPE-pain): facilitator training courses
The ESCAPE-pain programme is an evidence based, group rehabilitation programme that aims to support people living with chronic knee or hip pain, or non-specific low back pain:
The flexibility of ESCAPE-pain means it can be delivered in a variety of locations and by a range of professionals. The programmes have been successfully delivered in outpatient physiotherapy departments, leisure centres and local community settings by physiotherapists, osteopaths, and exercise professionals.…
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The Versus Arthritis Core Skills training is aimed at GPs and other primary care professionals involved in diagnosing and supporting patients with MSK conditions. All courses are endorsed by the BSR.
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ecent BestMSK Health activity includes London Region MSK Strategy and an upcoming webinar from the spinal workstream.
The spinal webinar covers spine pathways, MDTs, Emergency pathways, and Axial Spondyloarthritis.
7 July 2022, 4.30 – 6.00pm
Those working in London may like to take a look at the London Musculoskeletal Health Strategy.
SMILE-RA is a unique and engaging e-learning experience for people with RA and their families who want to understand more about RA, and its treatments. SMILE-RA has a modular approach to learning, so each module is on a particular theme or subject and takes between 20 mins and half an hour to complete.
There is an intuitive interface that makes it easy to use and navigate your way around. After registering and completing the Foundation module which includes baseline evaluation questions, you can then direct your own learning experience and choose whichever modules are of interest to explore next.…
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Develop your knowledge and confidence to effectively manage your MSK patients, from diagnosis to treatment and ongoing management of their condition(s).
This online course is split into four two-hour sessions:
Wednesday 15, 22, 29 June and 6 July, 6-8:30pm on all four dates (Delegates must be available to attend all four sessions)
Cost: £135
For more information about the course please visit the Versus Arthritis website or email professionalengagement@versusarthritis.org…
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During Orthopaedic Research U.K.’s popular online courses for paediatric orthopaedic physiotherapists, it became obvious that there was a lot of interest in the sub-specialties from clinicians with highly specialised caseloads. In response ORUK is launching the Specialty Series of intensive and focused online courses devoted to particular areas of clinical practice. The first online series was attended by physiotherapists with a particular interest in neurodisability, and received outstanding feedback. As a result, there are plans for two more online series in 2022: a summer course devoted to MSK paediatric physiotherapists and a winter course focused on paediatric feet.…
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NASS has launched the search for the third round of teams to join the Aspiring to Excellence programme. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to plan and implement projects aimed at reducing diagnosis times for people with axial SpA.
Aspiring to Excellence is an award programme designed to encourage and recognise service improvement in axial SpA care. It is open to rheumatology services across the UK. The programme is run by NASS in partnership with BritSpA and the NHS Transformation Unit.…
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