Resources for Health Professionals

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International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners (ICP)


Capital Health Network CPD Event on 5 October 2023

Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch PhD from NCNED delivered the first Australian lecture on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). The attendee claimed 1.5 hour CPD.


Disability and Functional Capacity Assessments

Bell’s Disability Scale

WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)

Simple 12 item score sheet

Complex 36 item score sheet

Electronic Care and Needs Scale (eCANS)

The Short Form (36) Health Survey

LAWTON – BRODY
INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE (I.A.D.L.)


Pacing

Take-Away Summary by Bateman Horne Centre.

Note: For patients with confirmed diagnosis by ME – ICP, scientifical name for PEM is Post Exertional Neuroimmune Exhaustion (PENE).

Activity and Energy Management – Pacing by Dialogue for ME/CFS.

Detailed Summary of Pacing by Dialogue for ME/CFS – with video.

Detailed Summary of Pacing by Dialogue for ME/CFS – video transcript.

Pacing Strategy – Energy Budget/Bank (EBB)

Spoon Theory

Application of Spoon Theory is explained in I’m a “Spoonie.” Here’s What I Wish More People Knew About Chronic Illness.

Energy Envelope Theory


The DePaul Symptom & Severity, & PEM Questionnaires

DePaul Symptom Questionnaire 2 (DSQ-2)

DePaul Symptom Questionnaire – Post-Exertional Malaise short form (DSQ-PEM)


NCNED RID Presentations

Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion channels in ME/CFS: A portrait of discovery


Mapping the pathological changes in ME/CFS using MRI


Severe & Very Severe ME

CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE AND VERY SEVERE ME/CFS

The Healthcare Journal’s Special Edition on Severe ME

Special Issue “ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected”

Reductions in Cerebral Blood Flow Can Be Provoked by Sitting in Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients

Life-Threatening Malnutrition in Very Severe ME/CFS

Health Care Responsibility and Compassion-Visiting the Housebound Patient Severely Affected by ME/CFS

Highlighting the invisible: Frail, Homebound and Bedridden People


Resources for Hospital Admission/Care Setting for People with ME – Personal Care Plan etc


Doctors with M.E.

ME/CFS: Top Tips for Doctors


List of Research

List of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis – International Consensus Criteria (ME-ICC) Research

List of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis – Canadian Consensus Criteria (ME/CFS-CCC) Research

List of NCNED Research


CPD (May not be recognised for Australian CPD points.)

Bateman Horne Centre – Health Professionals

Post-infectious Disease Syndromes:
A Precursor to Long COVID
(Course ends on 11 Dec 2023)

TOPICS COVERED:

Module 1: Overview of Post-infectious Disease Syndromes

Module 2: Proposed Etiologies of Post-Infectious Disease Syndromes

Module 3: Mechanism-specific Symptoms of Post-infectious Disease Syndromes

COURSE DATES:
September 11 – December 11

This Enduring Activity has been approved for CME and NCPD credit. Participants earn one credit/contact hour upon completion of all modules and a final assessment and evaluation.


Resources for Health Professionals by ME/CFS South Australia