[Being a GP] [The GP consultation] [Clinical Ethics and Values] [Evidence based health care] [Clinical Governance] [Equality and diversity]

[Management in primary care] [Information technology] [Research and academic activity]     

[Patient Safety Management] [Healthy living] [Genetics] [Acutely ill People] [Children & Young People] [Older Adults] [Women's health] [Men's health]

[Sexual Health] [Cancer & Palliative Care] [Mental Health Problems] [Drugs and Alcohol] [Learning Disabilities] [Respiratory] [Cardiovascular] [Gastroenterology] [Ophthalmology] [Neurology] [ENT & Facial] [Rheumatology and Trauma] [Dermatology] [Metabolic]                    

[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]

Rheumatology, Musculoskeletal and Trauma Direct link to the Rheumatology, Musculoskeletal and Trauma curriculum

Material specific for the Nottingham VTS

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Relevant texts and resources

• HAKIM A AND CLUNIE G. Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002

• JONES R, BRITTEN N, CULPEPPER L, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004

• ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Low Back Pain London: RCGP, 2001

• ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS. Making the Best Use of a Department of Clinical Radiology. Guidelines for doctors (5th edn) London: RCR, 2004

• SNAITH M. ABC of Rheumatology (3rd edn) London: BMJ Books, 2004

• WARRELL D, COX TM, FIRTH JD, BENZ EJ (eds). Oxford Textbook of Medicine (4th edn) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004

• WHYTE G, HARRIES M, KING J. ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine (3rd edn) London: BMJ Books, 2005

Web resources

• Arthritis Care The largest UK-wide voluntary organisation working with and for all people with arthritis. www.arthritiscare.org.uk  

• Bandolier evidence base on arthritis, bones and joints www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/bones.html 

• Clinical Evidence. Clinical Evidence summarises the cur-rent state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature.  www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/msd/msd.jsp 

• Department of Health – Musculoskeletal Services Framework www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidanceArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4138413&chk=HWmMzS   

• MOVE: making osteoarthritis matter This site provides accessible and comprehensive information on osteoarthritis for patients, the primary care team and secondary care. It includes exercise regimes for patients. www.move.uk.net 

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) www.nice.org.uk 

• National Osteoporosis Society. www.nos.org.uk 

• Primary Care Rheumatology Society. The Primary Care Rheumatology Society (PCR) was set up in 1986 by a group of GPs with a special interest in rheumatology.  www.pcrsociety.org.uk

• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was established in 1993 by the medical Royal Colleges to develop evidence-based national guidelines for NHS Scotland. www.sign.ac.uk

References