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>>  Janine (our OT) says goodbye! (2009-04-28 10:20:58) | ||||
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| >> New Adolescent Rheumatology Textbook Published Feb 2008 (2008-12-30 11:28:45) | ||||
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Adolescent Rheumatology McDonagh JE, White PH, ed. Marcel Dekker Inc,
This is a clinical adolescent rheumatology text edited by and including several of the Birmingham DREAM team staff as chapter authors!! It also includes a chapter written by young people themselves!
In contrast to other rheumatology textbooks, this text emphasizes the adolescent specific aspects of health and disease, often missed in texts adopting a medical model to disease. The text however does not ignore the medical aspects but rather highlights the major differences from paediatric and/or adult presentations and cross references to other sources for more specific rheumatic disease information, using the ages to detail the truly adolescent aspects! It is this generic approach which makes this book unique. Where possible the evidence base is referenced and a clinical and practical approach adopted to each topic. The multidisciplinary nature of adolescent rheumatology is reflected in both the authorship and content. Furthermore, another unique feature is the inclusion of a chapter written by young people, providing them with a platform to get across their views as to what health professionals need to know about young people. Other novel chapter topics include adolescent health training issues for rheumatology professionals, quality of care approaches to the development of adolescent rheumatology services, communication with adolescents and parenting of adolescents with chronic rheumatic diseases. The target audience include multidisciplinary members of both paediatric and adult rheumatology teams – primarily Doctors, Nurses, Occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Also General Paediatricians and trainees in all the above professions.
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>>  Bernie (our physio) says goodbye to BCH (2009-11-06 12:23:48) | ||||
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Very Fond Farewells to Bernie Johnson This month (July 2009) we said goodbye to Bernie, the DREAM team physio who has been a member of the rheumatology team for 17 years and a real advocate for young people. She will be missed very much - and we all wish her well in her new post nearer home in Lichfield. All the very very best Bernie - we are going to miss you! | ||||
>>  BreakAway 2006 (2009-08-21 08:17:19) | ||||
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Another year and another successful Break Away has passed!
We have just returned from our annual residential trip to Edale in the Peak District (kindly funded by the "Kids Like Us" charity). The weather this year may not have been up to it's usual standard but the activities, the chores and the BBQ certainly was!!!
A group of 16 young people and 4 staff attended this year's trip. We spent a day at the Hollowford centre completing high ropes courses, climbing walls, challenges and an afternoon's canoeing, then a day in Sheffield chilling at the bowling alley and cinema.
The 'Little Sister Challenges' were well completed also this year with the girls often taking the lead on the score board (I'm sure the boys will disagree!!).
To check out more pics of the 'goins-on' from this year visit this site's gallery or click on the link below....
http://www.dreamteam-uk.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=8
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| >> DreamTeam receives national award (and funding for this Web Site!!) (2006-12-27 07:13:53) | ||||
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Thursday 10 November 2005
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Gallery 37 2006 Skateboards, plentiful cups of tea and a group of talented artists basically describes Gallery 37 2006! Gallery 37 is a project which is coordinated by Birmingham City Council and provides young people ( apprentice artists) an opportunity to work alongside professional artists and arts organisations in the city during the summer holidays. The satellite project at Birmingham Children’s Hospital offered young people who regularly attend the hospital a chance to work with a visual artist Matt Robinson and Minesh Chadva (aka George!) an artist from SAMPAD (Asian Arts Agency). This summer the young people were tasked to produce a collection of designs on skateboards which will be used as part of a wayfinding scheme in the hospital leading people to the playground. The group undertook a visit to mac ( midlands arts centre ) to see an exhibition of Matt’s work and spent two weeks experimenting with different drawing styles and techniques and finally creating the skateboards.
Janet Hetherington Arts Co-ordinator
To check out what some of the young people who attended this year's Gallery37 got up to go and visit the sites Our Space......
You can also see some of the photos from the project at the Gallery.....
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| >> No Limits (2006-12-04 03:36:58) | ||||
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Dr. McDonagh makes the No Limits magazine!!!
The national charity Arthritis Care have developed their magazine for young people. It is packed full of gossip, news and info, you can find it in every other issue of Arthritis News and on www.arthritiscare.org.uk.
You can check out some of the stories from previous issues, as well as getting the latest scoop on the celebs, plus the chance to win a fab prize in every issue, you can read about different aspects of living with arthritis, such as keeping healthy, school life and college and university
Our very own Dr. McDonagh has made the most recent issue talking about how specialist services for young people can help bridge the gap between child and adult rheumatology care.
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| >> Read about a local young woman who has had JIA since childhood... (2010-07-01 13:36:39) | ||||
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September 2009 Read here to find out about one local young woman's positive outlook on life in spite of having JIA since childhood... |
