Not sure if this belongs here, but didn't know where else to put it. Maybe we need a section for conferences? Could mods add this to calendar? Bateman Horne Center Salt Lake City, UT ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: Updates and Management Tips for Clinicians April 27, 2018 @ 1:00PM — 5:00PM https://batemanhornecenter.networkf...ia-updates-and-management-tips-for-clinicians This conference will cover: The major presenting features of ME/CFS and fibromyalgia, how they overlap, and how to diagnose and differentiate between these syndromes How exercise affects those with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia, including physical capacity, cognitive impairment and pain amplification, based on recent studies Strategies to help patients identify their activity tolerance and relapse threshold to better prevent and manage physical and mental symptoms How pain is experienced by patients across the illness spectrum and what interventions help How sleep disturbances affect those with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia and what interventions help How orthostatic intolerance syndromes, including POTS, affect patients and strategies to improve symptoms How to effectively perform a bedside test to determine orthostatic intolerance without using an expensive tilt table procedure
It's a start. But standard clinical care in the US is still GET, therapy, and antidepressants. That is, if you are one of the 10% diagnosed. Because there is no conference CME credit, it might be difficult to attract doctors from outside Salt Lake City, unless they already have a strong interest in the topic. I applaud this conference, and hope to see many many more like it. Hopefully in the future offering CME credit.
