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• Spondyloarthritis Harris 1
Convenor: Paul Bowness
What’s new in Psoriatic Arthritis
11:00 Introduction Paul Bowness
11:10 What’s so special about PsA? PsA versus RA - what’s the
difference and does it matter? Neil McHugh
11:40 Looking into the PsA joint Douglas Veale
12:10 Psoriatic arthritis, a T Cell-mediated disease. Oliver FitzGerald
12:40 Comments from the floor and round table discussion
• Ultrasound Carrick 3
Chairpersons: David Kane and Richard Wakefield
How to establish Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in a rheumatology department?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Cromdale Hall
1. How to Train in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
11:00 Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training in Rheumatology – what is the
consensus of rheumatologists already performing musculoskeletal
ultrasound? Andrew Brown, Leeds General Infirmary
11:15 How to establish Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in a busy Rheumatology
Department – The Belfast experience. Gary Wright, Royal Victoria
Hospital, Belfast
11:30 Discussion: David Kane
2. How to get Equipment and Funding.
11:45 Choosing the right equipment. David Kane, University of Newcastle
12:00 How to get funding for ultrasound equipment in your rheumatology
department? Roger Sturrock, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
12:15 Discussion: Richard Wakefield
BSR Standards, Audit and Guidelines Working Group Open Meeting –
presentation of current clinical guidelines in development Harris 1
RATs Meeting Kilsyth
14:00 – 16:00 BSR: Rheumatoid arthritis from the patient’s perspective Pentland/Sidlaw
Chairs: Rod Hughes and Enid Quest
• The patient as educator Jane Dacre
A discussion of trained patients as educators of doctors and other
healthcare professionals.
• The patient as expert Kate Lorig
When one is diagnosed with a chronic disease life changes. Corbin and Strauss
have identified three major management tasks for people with chronic disease;
medical management, role management, and emotional management. At the
same time patients have told us that they need two types of knowledge, medical
knowledge and knowledge gained from the experience of living with an illness.
Health care professionals, are experts at helping people with medical management
but are less adept at helping with role and emotional management. Patients who
have lived with and managed a disease over time have much to offer each other.
This is especially true if this is done in a structured setting which allows sharing in a
non judgmental atmosphere.
This talk will discuss the sharing of expert patient knowledge and will include some
of the data we have collected over the years on the similarities and difference in
professional and patient led groups.
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