A simple lesion looking fairly innocuous but not so on dermoscopy. When I looked at this, my first thought was an ugly duckling which always raises suspicion. Another useful post from Stephen's blog.
Mental Health and Self-Harm pt 2
No sooner had I shared the young persons mental health links, a friend & colleague sent me her far more comprehensive list. I will eventually get round to putting a page in my resources but I have also uploaded a file with the hyperlinks on which you can download. It is here: 20190301-adult mh and … Continue reading Mental Health and Self-Harm pt 2
Mental Health and Self-Harm in Young People
I just added a new page to my resources. I received a letter from CAMHS today with some excellent links to various tools and information leaflets for young people, parents, carers and professionals. I've put these on a page and I hope it will be of use to people. The page is currently unformatted but … Continue reading Mental Health and Self-Harm in Young People
Improvements in Stress, Affect, and Irritability Following Brief Use of a Mindfulness-based Smartphone App: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Economides et al, 2018
Available here - full text. One area which I reviewed as part of my foundation module in pain was Mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to see if there was any benefit for chronic pain sufferers. From what I found in a number of papers I reviewed was that pain scores do not change but acceptance of … Continue reading Improvements in Stress, Affect, and Irritability Following Brief Use of a Mindfulness-based Smartphone App: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Economides et al, 2018
Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain PBSGL
Despite studying for a foundation module in pain management, I learnt an awful lot. It was great other members found the biopsychosocial model of chronic pain so useful. It reinforced what I have been learning. I shared some of the resources which are available for general access which I think is essential as we all … Continue reading Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain PBSGL
PBSGL within an interprofessional group of doctors.
A belated post about my article for the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. It is available here but alas not in full text. Indeed I am not sure I am allowed to link to a full-text version as that would make it open access and that in turn makes it expensive to publish. Anyhow, … Continue reading PBSGL within an interprofessional group of doctors.
Smartphone and Social Media use for CPD in Wessex
I have finally written up a brief survey I did last year looking at how a selected group of Wessex GPs were using the Internet, Web 2.0 tools and smartphones for their CPD. The link to the document is here. I had the privilege of presenting a poster of the key findings at the Wessex Educational … Continue reading Smartphone and Social Media use for CPD in Wessex
Chronic non-freezing cold injury results in neuropathic pain due to a sensory neuropathy
Perhaps not a hot topic for NHS General Practice but as we approach another winter, this journal article is relevant for any healthcare professionals involved in the care of soldiers. The original article is here (I want to highlight the use of a DN4 neuropathic pain scoring chart if you are assessing a patient with suspected … Continue reading Chronic non-freezing cold injury results in neuropathic pain due to a sensory neuropathy
Mobile Learning and Smartphone use amongst Wessex GPs
I have finally got around to disseminating a questionnaire to the good GPs and GPSTs of Wessex to assess the use of smartphones and their use for M-learning and CPD. More to come but I have drafted an abstract of my findings below. Background and Aims There is an increasing use of smart phones for … Continue reading Mobile Learning and Smartphone use amongst Wessex GPs
My Iraq experiences
Not really educational but a reflection. With the Chilcott enquiry published today, I thought about my own experiences of the Iraq War (or the third Iraq war as it was known by the locals). I remember thinking 'this isn't a good idea' when it kicked off and worrying about my military colleagues who deployed on … Continue reading My Iraq experiences
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