Useful links and resources for students
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
(ARMA)
http://www.arma.uk.net/
Arthritis Care
www.arthritiscare.org.uk
British Society for Rheumatology (BSR)
http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/
British Health Professionals in Rheumatology
(BHPR)http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/BHPR/
European League Against Rheumatism
(EULAR)
http://www.eular.org/
BSR events diary
http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/Education_Events/Events/
BSR resources links
http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/resources/useful_links/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
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
NHS Athens
Athens is a secure login that
gives free access to a vast array of professional academic
resources.
https://register.athensams.net/nhs/nhseng
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.
http://www.library.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal/
NICE
NICE is an independent organisation
responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good
health and preventing and treating ill health.
http://www.nice.org.uk/
NICE Clinical Guidelines
Rheumatoid
arthritis: the management of rheumatoid arthritis in adults
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG79/
Low Back Pain: Early management of persistent non-specific low
back pain
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG88/
The treatment and management of depression in adults with
chronic physical health problems
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG91/
Osteoarthritis: The care and management of osteoarthritis in
adults
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG59/
Intervention guidance on workplace health promotion with
reference to physical activity
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH13/
Osteoporosis - primary prevention
Alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene and strontium
ranelate for the primary prevention of osteoporotic fragility
fractures in postmenopausal women
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TA160/
Osteoporosis - secondary prevention
Strontium ranelate, alendronate, etidronate, risedronate,
raloxifene, and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of
osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women.
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TA161/
Medicines adherence
Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and
supporting adherence
http://www.nice.org.uk/CG76/
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
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH17/
Guidance on the promotion and creation of physical environments
that support increased levels of physical activity
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH8/
Guidance on the promotion and creation of physical environments
that support increased levels of physical activity
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH8/
Behaviour change
The most appropriate means of generic and specific interventions to
support attitude and behaviour change at population and community
levels
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH6/
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
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH2/
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.
http://www.sign.ac.uk/
SIGN clinical guidelines
Osteoporosis
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/71/index.html
Management of early Rheumatoid Arthritis
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/48/index.html
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.
http://www.mapofmedicine.com/
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.
http://www.cks.nhs.uk/home/
To suggest links to other on-line information you have
found particularly useful as a medical student 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.