Bateman Horne Center - Clinician Conference, April 27, 2018

Not sure if this belongs here, but didn't know where else to put it. Maybe we need a section for conferences? Could mods add this to calendar?

Bateman Horne Center
Salt Lake City, UT

ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: Updates and Management Tips for Clinicians
April 27, 2018 @ 1:00PM — 5:00PM

https://batemanhornecenter.networkf...ia-updates-and-management-tips-for-clinicians

This conference will cover:

• The major presenting features of ME/CFS and fibromyalgia, how they overlap, and how to diagnose and differentiate between these syndromes
• How exercise affects those with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia, including physical capacity, cognitive impairment and pain amplification, based on recent studies
• Strategies to help patients identify their activity tolerance and relapse threshold to better prevent and manage physical and mental symptoms
• How pain is experienced by patients across the illness spectrum and what interventions help
• How sleep disturbances affect those with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia and what interventions help
• How orthostatic intolerance syndromes, including POTS, affect patients and strategies to improve symptoms
• How to effectively perform a bedside test to determine orthostatic intolerance without using an expensive tilt table procedure

 

Interesting to compare to UK info.
Miles apart

 

It's a start. But standard clinical care in the US is still GET, therapy, and antidepressants. That is, if you are one of the 10% diagnosed.

Because there is no conference CME credit, it might be difficult to attract doctors from outside Salt Lake City, unless they already have a strong interest in the topic.

I applaud this conference, and hope to see many many more like it. Hopefully in the future offering CME credit.