resources for health professionals

The Science for ME committee and members are running a project to develop fact sheets about aspects of ME/CFS. These are being developed in consultation with the forum membership, with the aim of providing information that is both helpful and well based in evidence. As each fact sheet is...

I recently found out about this page on the CDC website: ME/CFS Resources for Medical Students I think it's fairly new? The date at the top is May 13, 2024 but that could just be the last update. The last item on the resource list is "Infection-Associated Chronic Illness Flashcards - An Anki...

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic neurologic disease often preceded by infection. There has been increased interest in ME/CFS recently because of its significant overlap with the post-COVID syndrome (long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID)...

Posts moved from News from Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific Islands YouTube - Post-Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS - Management and Supports - Webinar for Health Professionals (24 mins) Dr Cathy Stephenson for ME Awareness NZ on World ME Day. I think this is a good resource for GPs and...

https://doctorbthept.com/2022/04/21/treating-long-covid-part-1/ I haven't read this closely but skimming down it, there are some promising signs.

I thought I would brainstorm on this as there may be documents I’ve forgotten about or was never aware of. They don’t have to be long: one- and two-page documents can also be useful. I’m personally interested in English-language documents (the discussion could still be of interest to people in...

Title : Medical Education Webinar: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Diagnosis, Management and Current Research Date posted on Youtube : 6th December 2021 Video description :

New online course on Medbridge: Lessons From Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for Long COVID presented by Todd Davenport, PT, DPT, MPH, OCS https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/course-catalog/details/lessons-from-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-for-long-covid-todd-davenport/

Bateman Horne Center · RELEASED: "ME/CFS Crash Survival Guidebook: The Art of Living with ME/CFS" https://bit.ly/34nh5yX The guidebook is designed for the patient, their support network, and medical providers to: - Understand ME/CFS and its defining characteristic of post-exertional malaise...

Apparently the handouts at this link have been recently revised added (page says "Page last reviewed: May 3, 2021"). Quick ME/CFS Assessment Tool, About ME/CFS and Managing Patients’ Symptoms https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/healthcare-providers/toolkit.html ETA: Change revised to added, as per...

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy Editorial Humility and Acceptance: Working Within Our Limits With Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Simon Décary, PT, PhD et al Abstract Synopsis The term long COVID was coined by patients to describe the...

An occupational therapist has contacted the Irish ME/CFS Association looking for CPD courses for her and her colleagues in the hospital on Long Covid or ME/CFS. Suggestions welcomed here, by private message or by email (tomkindlon@irishmecfs.org) from other countries. One we'll mention is...

Nina Muirhead has created this free Continuous Professional Development module for health professionals in the UK. For those interested, it's possible to view, and even complete, the module but you will need to create a free account - you will have to claim that you are a health professional of...

From the Bateman Horne Center website: http://batemanhornecenter.org/2019-community-resources/#week8-communicate Each week has downloadable PDF resources.

Posts on this thread have been moved from different threads links added at the end of the posts The GP education program was possible thanks to a grant from ME/CFS Australia. Emerge Australia worked with ThinkGP, an organisation that offers free, continuing professional education for GPs in...

Full article = https://www.meaction.net/2019/06/12/meaction-releases-an-updated-me-research-summary/ Direction link to PDF file = http://www.meaction.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/19_MEA_Revised_2019_Research_Summary_190610.pdf Many thanks to @JaimeS and the whole ME Action team!

physio-pedia pretty awful entry under chronic fatigue syndrome. the good news is it says that it is currently under review. https://www.physio-pedia.com/Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome

I'm helping with updating the ME/CFS webpage of an online guide for medical professionals. It currently links to a few sources of more detailed (but still concise) information. One is the recently revised CDC information for healthcare providers which is now pretty good. This improved...

This thread has been formed by merging several threads This discussion has been split from this thread Edit November 2024, this thread has been renamed to reflect changes in areas served. UK campaign for better ME services in Suffolk and Norfolk Exactly DT, in 2009, we convincingly proved...