Musculoskeletal Medicine Past Speakers

Dr John Dickson
Dr John Dickson has managed musculoskeletal conditions in primary care for over 25 years. He co-founded the Primary Care Rheumatology Society in 1986 and has written with others three books for primary care management of musculoskeletal conditions - Managing OA in Primary Care, YQA Osteoarthritis and In Clinical Practice-Arthritis. He now works as a community specialist in rheumatology for Redcar & Cleveland PCT. In April 2006 he was appointed clinical advisor to NICE for the OA Management Guidelines, February 2008. He is also helping create a forum to promote better education and management of osteoarthritis for patients and doctors. This is part of a WHO initiative for the Bone and Joint Decade.

Dr Michael Burke
Dr Michael Burke graduated from Leicester in 1983 and has worked as a full time GP in Wirral since 1989. He became involved with the Primary Care Rheumatology Society in the mid 1990s and sat the Diploma of Primary Care Rheumatology at Bath University. He was the RCGP representative for the DOH Musculoskeletal Framework in 2006. He co-represented the RCGP on the NICE osteoarthritis guidelines 2008. Dr Burke has worked as a GPwSI in musculoskeletal medicine in Wirral since 2004. Married with three children, he enjoys cycling and playing music in a band.

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