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In Rheumatology led clinics these are land-mark guided injections mainly led by Registrars.&nbsp; In the SEM led clinics these will mainly be USS guided and you have the opportunity to learn USS techniques as well. You also have the opportunity to learn Shockwave techniques depending on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long Covid.  During the placement you will have the opportunity to attend the Long Covid Clinic of which SEM are part of the MDT. This clinic offers the opportunity to work within an MDT to manage complex patients and to assess common symptoms related to Long Covid, which is transferable to many common presenting symptoms in GP.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday mornings are learning sessions which may be virtual or in-person followed by board rounds with the Rheumatology team after. There are also monthly in-person OxSport meetings which happen the second Monday of every month. Radiology MDTs also on Mondays are a good opportunity to improve your skill in interpreting XR and MRI images and understanding the different presentations of pathologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital and if you wish there are also Banbury clinics available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top tips for extra opportunities (e.g. teaching \/ skills )<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual teaching &#8211; Monday mornings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registrar led teaching sessions &#8211; Variable scheduling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Injection clinics &#8211; Teaching clinic on Tuesday mornings with lots of time, other injection clinics are run quicker but still good learning&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shockwave clinics &#8211; Mondays and Friday afternoons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improving imaging interpretation with Radiology MDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OPTIMISE service: This a 3 week program for complex pain \u2013 try to arrange this as it\u2019s very useful to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a very flexible rotation and you make of it what you will!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great consultants and highly knowledgeable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team is excellent and very supportive and they are willing to let you learn at your pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great learning especially when you start seeing patients and they make it a point to discuss each case with you and useful input on management plans &#8211; great learning for MSK presentation in GP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many opportunities for learning in other clinics which you can discuss with your supervisor to arrange observer opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very flexible with leave time (if you have your own patient list you need to give adequate time in advance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You make of this rotation what you will!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to be organized and know where you are going \u2013 this can be tricky because you are only there half the time and the schedule can vary so you may miss some information on schedule changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning there was lots of sitting in with people and some people may not find this very useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some clinics are more useful than others to sit in, some may be a bit too specialized to have the best application in GP setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Job Summary The majority of your time is spent in out-patients clinics with the Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":2692,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3258","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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