Useful links and resources

Useful organisations

• Primary Care Rheumatology Society (PCRS)
• British Society for Rheumatology (BSR)
• Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)
• European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)

Useful links

Links to useful national sites and musculoskeletal clinical guidelines

• NHS ATHENS
  Athens is the secure login that gives you free access to a vast array of professional academic resources.
• Standards of Care project
  The Standards of Care give recommendations to local service commissioners and providers for services for the main groups of musculoskeletal conditions.
• NHS Evidence - Musculoskeletal
  NHS Evidence - musculoskeletal exists primarily to support the work of NHS health professionals in the field of musculoskeletal disorders in the UK. By providing easy access to NHS Core Content and a variety of other handpicked resources we aim to provide the latest and best available evidence and information to support practice.
• NICE
  NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
• NICE Clinical Guidelines
  • Rheumatoid arthritis: the management of rheumatoid arthritis in adults
  • Low Back Pain: Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain
  • The treatment and management of depression in adults with chronic physical health problems
  • Osteoarthritis: The care and management of osteoarthritis in adults
  • Intervention guidance on workplace health promotion with reference to physical activity
  • Osteoporosis - primary prevention
    Alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene and strontium ranelate for the primary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women
    
  • Osteoporosis - secondary prevention
    Strontium ranelate, alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene, and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women.
    
  • Medicines adherence
    Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence
• NICE Public Health guidelines
  
  • Promoting physical activity, active play and sport for pre-school and school-age children and young people in family, pre-school, school and community settings
  • Guidance on the promotion and creation of physical environments that support increased levels of physical activity
  • Behaviour change
    The most appropriate means of generic and specific interventions to support attitude and behaviour change at population and community levels
  • Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity
    Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity: brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometers and community-based exercise programmes for walking and cycling
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
  The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland. SIGN guidelines are derived from a systematic review of the scientific literature and are designed as a vehicle for accelerating the translation of new knowledge into action to meet our aim of reducing variations in practice, and improving patient-important outcomes.
• SIGN clinical guidelines
  • Osteoporosis
  • Management of early Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Map of Medicine
  Map of Medicine provides a visualisation of the ideal, evidence-based patient journey for common and important conditions - a sat nav overview that can be shared across all care settings. The Map is a web-based tool that can help drive clinical consensus to improve quality and safety in any healthcare organisation.
• Clinical Knowledge Summaries
  The NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly PRODIGY) are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care.
  CKS is commissioned and paid for by NHS Evidence, a service provided by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. General GP information
• Royal College of General Practitioners – curriculum
• GP Notebook
• BMJ Learning
• Doctors.net
• Bandolier
• emedicine
• GP Learning
• National Prescribing Centre
• eguidelines
• BMJ Clinical Evidence
• Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin
• Electronic Medicines Compendium
• EULAR (for EULAR guidelines)
• Patient.co.uk – general patient leaflets and information 

Courses

• Musculoskeletal Medicine with Rheumatology (Practitioners with a Special Interest) PgDip, University of Bradford
• Clinical Rheumatology MSc, University of Manchester
• MSK 2010, CPD study day (on BSR events diary)
• Cambridge MSK programme (on BSR events diary)