Medical Student Handbook, DVDs, Jointzone website
Medical Student
Handbook
‘Clinical Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System: A Handbook
for Medical Students’ covers 50 core skills appropriate for medical
students at the point of qualification and comes accompanied by a
DVD on regional examination.
It incorporates the widely used 'GALS' screening examination and
a detailed Regional Examination of the Musculoskeletal System
('REMS'), as well as history-taking skills and an introduction to
the investigations available to assist in diagnosis. Doctors and
allied health professionals may also find this publication of
interest. Please note: For a paediatric version of the GALS
designed for the assessment of the school-aged child, see the
separate DVD, 'pGALS', as listed below .
Download the
handbook (PDF 583kb) or order
online.
DVD: Paediatric
Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine (pGALS)
pGALS is a simple, quick and validated musculoskeletal screening
tool for use in the assessment of the school-aged child.
It has been developed from the adult GALS through consultation
with doctors and therapists, most of whom are members of the
British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology (BSPAR).
The DVD demonstrates the pGALS screen and has been designed as an
educational resource for medical students and their teachers. It
may also be of interest to allied health professionals and others
working in the field of musculoskeletal medicine.
Download a
printable checklist (MS Word) of the pGALS screening
questions, which can be used alongside the DVD.
Order copies of this item via our
online order system.
A full illustrated discussion of pGALS appears in the report
Hands On 15 (June 2008).
DVD:
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound – A Beginner's Guide to Normal
Peripheral Joint Anatomy
This DVD has been produced as an aid to rheumatologists and
other musculoskeletal practitioners who wish to begin training in
musculoskeletal ultrasound. It may also be of interest to medical
students and others studying or working in a related area.
The aim of the DVD is to allow the ultrasonographer to become
familiar with the appearances of the standard scans in normal
subjects as recommended by the EULAR Working Group for
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (www.sameint.it/eular/ultrasound).
Copies of this item can be obtained via
our online order system.
DVD:
Regional Examination of the Musculoskeletal System for Medical
Students
This DVD, a copy of which is supplied automatically inside the
back cover of each Handbook for Medical Students (‘Clinical
Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System'), demonstrates the
routine screening examination, 'GALS' (Gait, Arms, Legs and Spine),
and, in greater detail, regional joint examination or 'REMS'
(Regional Examination of the Musculoskeletal System).
Please do NOT order this as a separate item unless you
specifically need it without the Handbook for Medical Students.
Copies of this item can be obtained via
our online order system.
JointZone website for medical students
JointZone is an educational website, aimed primarily at
undergraduate medical students, which will also be of interest to
GPs, junior hospital doctors in training and other health
professionals. Part electronic textbook, the site is
illustrated with photographs and video clips showing not only
techniques for examining the musculoskeletal system, but also
selected patients with important physical signs. The site can
be browsed freely without logging on, but for users who log on
there are interactive elements of the site which adjust to the
user’s level of knowledge, based on a series of small
tests.
www.jointzone.org.uk