Allied Health Professionals – links you may find useful

Useful organisations

Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)

http://www.arma.uk.net/

Arthritis Care

www.arthritiscare.org.uk

British Health Professionals in Rheumatology (BHPR )

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/BHPR/

British Society for Rheumatology (BSR)

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/

European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)

http://www.eular.org/

Royal College of Nursing Rheumatology Nursing Forum (RCN RF)

http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/communities/rcn_forum_communities/rheumatology

British Association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists – Specialist Section Rheumatology (BAOT COT SSR)

http://www.cot.co.uk/Homepage/Specialist_Sections/COTSS_-_Rheumatology/

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy – Clinical Interest and Occupational Groups

http://www.csp.org.uk/director/members/groupsandnetworks/clinicalinterestandoccupationalgroups.cfm

National Institute for Health Research

http://www.rdfunding.org.uk/

Useful links

BSR events diary

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/Education_Events/Events/

BSR resources links

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/resources/useful_links/default.aspx

BHPR – roles in rheumatology

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/bhpr/clinical/roles_in_rheumatology/default.aspx

Musculoskeletal Services Framework

http://www.library.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal/ViewResource.aspx?resID=155040

NHS Evidence Musculoskeletal Specialist Library

www.library.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal/ViewResource.aspx?resID=344543

ARMA standards of care (inflammatory arthritis, OA, back pain and more)

http://www.arma.uk.net/overview.html

ARMA/PRCA ‘Standards of Care for People with Musculoskeletal Foot Health Problems’

http://www.prcassoc.org.uk/standards-project

Kings Fund report – perceptions of patients and professionals on RA care (2009)

http://kingsfund.koha-ptfs.eu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=41267

National Audit Office report – services for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2009)

http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/0809/services_for_people_with_rheum.aspx

Department of Health – Allied Health Professionals Bulletin

www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Bulletins/Alliedhealthprofessionalsbulletin/index.htm

BMJ Learning

http://learning.bmj.com/learning/main.html

Intute – assessed educational resources

http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Map of Medicine

http://www.mapofmedicine.com/

Medscape

http://www.medscape.com/

Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin

www.dtb.bmj.com/

Electronic Medicines Compendium

www.emc.medicines.org.uk

Courses

Rheumatology Nursing MSc/PgDip Keele University

http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/coursedetails/rheumatologynursingentryalternateyears/

Courses for allied health professionals – listed on BHPR

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/bhpr/education_and_awards/courses.aspx

 

To suggest links to other on-line information you have found particularly useful in your work as an allied health professional in relation to musculoskeletal conditions, please email Dawn Grindrod on d.grindrod@arthritisresearchuk.org  giving the link and brief details of what you liked about it.  Thank you.