Chronic Fatigue; Part of the Hieda Box Set

• Date: May 12, 2023
• Time: 11:00 – 12:00
• Cost: Hieda Full Member – £60, Hieda Additional Member – £20, Non-member – £120
  This set will be £500 for a member series place.
• Audience: Healthcare professionals and anyone caring for a person suffering from this medical condition. 
• Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Course outline

This training package comprises of 12 webinars on a variety of medical topics, the purpose of which is to provide updates on medical conditions and refresh skills. The aim is to support school nurses with their training and development needs; help them to raise the standards of care provided in schools, this could count as CPD as part of their revalidation. However, in the wider context this box set is suitable for all organisations who wish to further their knowledge with a view to supporting their employees within the work environment. Webinars will be recorded so that if you can not attend the day they can be available for you to view when convenient.

This set will be £500 for a member series place.

The aim of this session is to discuss the anatomy and physiology of the condition. And raise awareness of what it would be like to live with and manage this condition. 

Training topics will include

• Anatomy and physiology 
• Tests and diagnosis 
• Management 
• Support strategies in the educational setting or workplace

Learning outcomes

• To improve understanding of this condition 
• To look at the workplace to see what could be implemented to ensure the safe management of this condition 
• To encourage and support suffers to be independent and manage their condition safely

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Speaker:

Dr David Easton

David is a Senior Urgent Care Practitioner with a long-term focus on a holistic and patient-centred care. A physiotherapist by training, and also holds the diploma in Lifestyle medicine.

David completed his degree in 2000 at Northumbria University. Since then, he has worked in a range of health care settings within the NHS and private sector across the UK and Channel Islands. David has always held a keen interest in understanding pain experience and working with people who have long term pain conditions.  David has read widely on the subject of the pain science and management and has been fortunate to work with a number of forward thinking health professionals who have driven change in this area of healthcare.

David held a pain specialist therapy role at Sheffield teaching hospital and was involved in supporting the development of a new community based model for pain services in South Yorkshire.  Since 2011 David has been working for Hywel Dda University Health Board based in Cardigan West Wales in a core MSK physiotherapy setting. In 2017 David set up the ESCAPE pain programme in his health board and went on to be the clinical champion for ESCAPE pain across Wales.

In 2019 David was one of 4 AHPs funded by Macmillan Cancer Support to develop cancer rehabilitation services for Hywel Dda. This role inspired him to complete his Lifestyle medicine diploma in 2020. The role culminated with the development of a virtual rehabilitation service supporting people with Prostate Cancer across the West Wales region (Prostate Active Care Together).

David is currently working with a same day urgent care team in Cardigan supporting a nurse led service offering holistic and chronic health perspective in an acute service environment. David also supports Versus Arthritis to deliver their MSK core Skills programme to healthcare professionals across the UK.

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