What particular aspects of medical education are you most interested in?
I really enjoyed the challenges of providing ongoing medical education to qualified doctors. To preserve a culture of education and training, while teaks become fragmented and consultants are under more time pressure every year, has got to be the greatest challenge in medical education.
What benefits […]
Can supplements really help with the pain of arthritis?
Dr Rod Hughes
Joint health supplements are big business in the UK. Millions of pounds are spent over the counter every year, and most buyers are seeking relief from the symptoms of arthritis – a group of painful long-term conditions thought to affect around 10 million Britons.
Osteoarthritis […]
“An Impediment to Living Life”: Why and How Should We Measure Stiffness in Polymyalgia Rheumatica?
Objectives
To explore patients’ concepts of stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica, and how they think stiffness should be measured.
Methods
Eight focus groups were held at three centres involving 50 patients with current/previous PMR. Each group had at least one facilitator and one rapporteur making […]
Dr Rod Hughes at a recent reception at the Drapers Hall (see newsletter) meeting Right Hon Lord Swinfen, director of the trust.
For the last twenty years bisphosphonate drugs have been used to prevent the progressive bone loss that occurs with osteoporosis. Mostly at risk have been middle aged to elderly women and so common is the problem of bone thinning that one could make a case for putting these medicines in the water supply. However, about […]
For a downloadable copy of my lecture on Cutis Laxa, please refer to my educational library pages.
For a downloadable copy of my lecture on Improving Patient Safety – Packaging Study, please refer to my educational library pages.
For a downloadable copy of my lecture on Fever and Rheumatic Diseases, please refer to my educational library pages.
For this months case about hard bones, please refer to my educational library pages.
Gout is common worldwide. To achieve best control of gout (which should be curable using drugs such as allopurinol to lower uric acid concentrations in the blood) patients and doctors need to know what target level of uric acid in the blood to aim for with treatment to achieve this cure
Most patients with gout understand […]
