Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
Join the NRAS Live session on Wednesday 26th March 2025, for a live chat between founder of NRAS, Ailsa Bosworth, MBE and Professor Abhishek. Professor Abhishek will be speaking about research within the rheumatology space, specifically touching on areas such as treatment approaches, drug safety and vaccinations (Flu, RSV, COVID).
You can submit your questions for the discussion via this link.
Date: 17 April 2025, 10am-11:15am
Colleagues from member organisations are invited to join the NOA for a thought-provoking webinar hosted by the NOA Workforce Network, focusing on how we can remove barriers to building a diverse and inclusive orthopaedic workforce.
The panel of experts will discuss topics including ethnicity, diversity in training, women in orthopaedics, sustainability, and flexible training.
Webinar: How Local Health Systems Can Leverage MSK Digital Self-Management to Support Return to Work
Join getUBetter for a live webinar with Frimley ICS as they share their insights from implementing digital self-management for common MSK conditions across their entire system. Learn how this approach is benefiting the local health system but also supporting the Working Well agenda.
The webinar is taking place on 20th March 2025 from 12:30pm-1:30pm.
Find more details on the webinar and register here.
Join the Institute of Osteopathy’s latest CPD webinar on Thursday 20 February 2025 to explore the latest research, techniques, and safe practices in dry-needling and acupuncture.
Hosted by the iO’s Professional Development Manager, Daniel McCarthy, with guest Jonathan Hobbs.
Fee of £10 to attend.
Johnny Smith, SOMM’s Chair of Education, recently recorded a webinar with Katie Emmett from Physiquipe where they explored pathways in MSK Medicine. Johnny highlighted the ways in which SOMM ensures their content is current, evidence-based and how the approach has evolved over the years. It became apparent that there is synergy with SOMM and Physiquipe, and both parties are looking forward to further collaboration in the future, which will certainly benefit MSK education and services delivered.
Please view the recording by following this link: A Conversation with SOMM.
Dr Lesley Kay, NHS England National Clinical Director (NCD) for musculoskeletal (MSK), invites you to join our webinar on Thursday 6th March at 12.30 – 13.30 to discuss the GIRFT MSK community delivery programme.
The GIRFT MSK community delivery programme, funded by the Government’s Joint Work and Health Directorate (JWHD), is working to better enable integrated care systems to commission the delivery of high quality MSK services in the community, which will benefit patients now and into the future.…
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Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care BirminghamThis one day course is useful for Primary Care health professionals involved in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions. The course focuses on developing the practical skills required in a typical 10-minute consultation, focusing on the knee, shoulder and spine.
Key learning outcomes:
NRAS Live: Stress Management and Autoimmune Conditions webinar
6th Feb 2025, 7:00pm
Online – Zoom
While stress itself does not directly cause rheumatoid arthritis (RA), research suggests it can play a vital part in triggering or exacerbating people’s symptoms. According to NRAS’s own report on stress, a staggering 77% of those who took part determined stress to be a major factor when they had flares.
Join the NRAS Live session at the beginning of February for a “Time to Talk Day” special on the importance of managing your stress.…
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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.
Please join NRAS for their next online event on Wednesday 30th October 2024, 7pm. The subject for this month’s NRAS Live is eye complications in adults with RA and children with JIA.
Expect to learn some of the common eye-related issues people with rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis encounter, how to spot the symptoms, what to do if those symptoms arise, potential treatments and much, much more.
If you would like to send NRAS any questions on the topic in advance, please visit the event page on the NRAS website and click the ‘Submit your questions’ button.
