Welcome to the Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society
The PCRMM welcomes all doctors and all allied health professionals of all grades, including trainees, who are involved in the care of patients with rheumatological and musculoskeletal conditions in primary care.
The PCRMM provides the primary care team perspective and voice. We understand the challenges of delivering good quality patient care in the high-pressure primary care environment.
Our aims
- Improve knowledge of musculoskeletal & rheumatology disorders in primary care
- Improve & maintain standards of care provided for patients
- Develop educational standards for providers of musculoskeletal medicine & rheumatology
- Build effective partnerships with other providers of musculoskeletal & rheumatology care
- Participate in guideline and service development to ensure the primary care perspective is heard
- Support research into MSK and rheumatological conditions
- Provide support and mentorship for those primary care clinicians wishing to develop a special interest or extended role
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Translated for our U.K. followers, If not a jam doughnut, then what?
#PhD viva in a couple of weeks
Did that shameless thing of listening to myself on a podcast as part of my preparation.
If you have a spare hour and want to hear me discuss my findings related to #diagnosticimaging then check out the pod here:
@DrLucyDouglas @trishgreenhalgh @Oohgpwales Ah well! Worse things have happened.
One tip on knee imaging clinical info for GPs …
Please tell us the anatomical location of knee pain/tenderness.
Is it…
Anterior central
Anteromedial
Anterolateral
Posteromedial
Posterolateral
Posterior central
Global
Thanks!
This table is the absolutely key bit of the patient safety in remote consultations paper... if you're a patient, clinician or involved in working in a practice read this!
New team paper is out, and I’m very proud to be first author! “Patient safety in remote primary care encounters: multimethod qualitative study combining Safety I and Safety II analysis” | BMJ Quality & Safety