NHS Health Education England: elfh (E-learning for Healthcare)

[Sly Saint]

elfh is a Health Education England programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies

Planned Programmes on their website includes several on Long Covid.
https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/

and the only one I could find relating to ME is the PPS one (although neither ME or CFS are included in the listing)

Title:
Introduction to Persistent Physical Symptoms
Description:
This e-learning programme provides an overview of persistent physical symptoms (previously referred to as medically unexplained symptoms or psychosomatic symptoms). It explains what they are, how they emerge and how they are maintained. You will learn how to provide a helpful and hopeful diagnosis and explanation of symptoms. Using this understanding you will then learn how you can work with patients who present with these symptoms in a therapeutic way that moves them towards recovery. At the end of the session you will have the chance to practice your skills on an innovative virtual patient who will chat to you about their problems and give you feedback on how you did.
Hierarchy:
Persistent Physical Symptoms > Introduction to Persistent Physical Symptoms
Keywords:
455-0001, PPS, medically unexplained, psychosomatic, functional disorder, functional neurological disorder, functional symptoms, persistent physical symptoms, chronic stress, chronic pain, 455-0002, PPS, medically unexplained, psychosomatic, functional disorder, functional neurological disorder, functional symptoms, persistent physical symptoms, chronic stress, chronic pain
Created:
26 Mar 2021

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/persistent-physical-symptoms/

a search on the main site for either chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis brings up no results.........

however (this seems a bit complicated) if you go to 'view' the pps course and then do a search for chronic fatigue syndrome in the search box at the top it brings this up.

https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Search

AH 13 - Common medical conditions

Adolescent Health Programme (AH) > AH 13 - Common medical conditions

13_003 Assessment and diagnosis of CFS/ME in adolescence – introduces the learner to chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and equips the learner with knowledge of when a diagnosis of CFS/ME should be made.

13_004 Managing CFS/ME in adolescence – THIS SESSION IS OUT OF DATE AND WILL BE REPLACED SHORTLY

https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/395517

we could really do with a decent information programme for ME/CFS (maybe based on Nina Muirheads?)

@adambeyoncelowe

 

[rvallee]

medically unexplained symptoms

It explains what they are, how they emerge and how they are maintained

This stuff should be laughed out of every room it is said out loud. In literally every other profession on the planet, saying dumb stuff like this would get anyone branded as a fringe lunatic to be laughed out of the room. It's genuinely Flat Earth stuff or space lizards running the world, which is laughable mostly for the premise that anyone is "running" the world.