Our 4th Annual BJC Health JAM Session (Joint & Musculoskeletal) for GPs and interested health professionals will take place on Saturday 11th August 2018.
We hope to attract around 200 health professionals,
Most GPs and physiotherapists get little exposure to rheumatic disease even though these diseases commonly grace their treatment rooms.
We know it's important to understand both inflammatory disease as well as biomechanical and degenerative disease to further appreciate their interplay.
Delayed diagnoses and missed opportunities lead to failure to achieve lasting remission or to prevent recurrent, unnecessary suffering.
These are real goals for us to help address.
The aim of the Saturday is to provide information about a range of common musculoskeletal issues, and to provide clinical nuggets that can be used straight away, in treatment rooms on the following Monday.
We want to make a difference to the lives of those people living with rheumatic diseases. Sharing information and raising awareness is one important way to do this.
Here's a video highlighting what we did last year:
The agenda this year is as varied and designed to be as engaging:
We hope you agree this is a worthwhile endeavour.
If you're a GP, please consider joining us on the day.
The registration site is: https://bjchealthjam.com.au
If you think your own GP might be interested, please let them know!