Category: Webinars

Managing chronic pain in primary care webinar

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:

  • An outline of the NICE guidelines and what they mean for the doctor and patient
  • New consultation skills to manage difficult interactions
  • The principles of medication use
  • Resources that can help

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).

PCRMM NMAHPPS webinar

PCRMM logoPCRMM Webinar ‘NMAHPPS in clinical research and quality improvement – how to get involved’

25 October 2022, 7.15 – 8.30pm

This extremely beneficial and interesting webinar is being given by Emma Sutton and Caroline Miller. Are you interested in leading your own research? Do you want to know how to write a winning abstract or poster? Come and learn how to present your fantastic service evaluation, quality improvement project or research clearly and make an impact.

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NOA webinar on NCIP orthopaedic roll out

NOA webinar banner Latest NOA webinar focuses on National Consultant Information Portal (NCIP) orthopaedic roll out

The latest NOA webinar focused on the orthopaedic surgery roll out of the National Consultant Information Portal (NCIP). NCIP, a secure online portal which enables NHS consultants and surgeons to review information about their clinical activity and benchmark patient outcomes, is currently being released across in England.

The webinar, which took place on 6 July 2022, featured guest speakers including Stephen Lowis, NCIP programme implementation and insights lead, NHS England and NHS Improvement joined by Deborah Higgs, NCIP orthopaedic clinical lead and clinical director specialist surgeries, consultant shoulder & elbow surgeon consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.…

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PCRMM webinar: All About PMR

19 July 2022

This extremely informative and interesting webinar will discuss in depth the diagnosis and treatment of Polymyalgia rheumatica. It will be hosted by Dr Sarah Mackie and Dr Bharat Kandikonda, both well-known experts in this area.

They will discuss what PMR is, how to diagnose it, how to treat it and when to refer on.

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PCRMM webinar – Managing Low Back Pain and Sciatica

Tuesday 31 May, 7 – 8:30pm

This engaging and extremely interesting webinar will be given by Ian Bernstein and Dan Bourke; they explore what works and what doesn’t work for managing low back pain and sciatica in primary and community care.
They combine a review of NICE guidelines with a discussion about how they implement them in practice.

Questions that they will discuss include:

  • ‘will my patient get better?’ – managing their expectations;
  • minimising harm – who should be imaged and what to prescribe;
  • how and when to de-prescribe – new NICE guidance in April;
  • ‘is it really that simple?’
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Bone Matters

The Royal Osteoporosis Society has launched their new #BoneMatters programme, a series of online expert information events.

The first webinar of the series is on Medication Support: helping people make informed decisions about recommended osteoporosis drug treatment. Join the ROS on Tuesday 17 May to hear from leading experts Dr Nicky Peel, Dr Zoe Paskins and Professor David Armstrong on key topics to help you make decisions about your osteoporosis drug treatment.

Topics include:

  • What’s new in drug treatments
  • Understanding side effects or health risks
  • Getting the most out of your medication

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Why you should consider yoga

Arthritis Action logoNew Arthritis Action webinar: Why you should consider yoga if you are living with arthritis

Arthritis Action’s Services Development Manager and Dietitian Martin Lau and Yoga and Pilates Instructor Tracy Weare, present the latest webinar for Arthritis Action on the benefits of yoga for people living with arthritis.

chair yogaThe webinar includes a 30-minute practical chair-based yoga session, followed by question and answer.

A recording of the webinar is available to watch on Arthritis Action’s YouTube channel, and on their webinars web page.

Online Specialty Series for paediatric MSK physiotherapists

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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