CPD event: Early diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

GPs, registrars, specialists, including paediatricians and rheumatologists, nurses, and allied health professionals with a special interest in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are invited to join this national webinar.

Topics

• key clinical signs and symptoms that should raise suspicion of JIA
• differentiating common presentations of JIA from other causes of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction seen in primary care
• referral processes and multidisciplinary support services
• practical use of HealthPathways, including clinical and referral pathways.

Guest speakers:

• Dr Amanda Marsden, MBBS, FRACP, Paediatric rheumatologist, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, and lecturer in Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
• Dr Geneieve Thompson, MBBS, FRACGP, GP clinical editor

MC:

• Emma Richards, Physiotherapist and Project Manager, Juvenile Arthritis Foundation Australia (JAFA)