noijam: nɔɪdʒæm, since 2013
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A new class of rehabilitation professional is now emerging – we can call this person a clinical scientist (or scientific clinician). Here we are referring to a professional at the clinical battlefront who uses reasoning science to integrate the best of modern science to help the patient in front of them. Clinical scientist activity ranges from reading and integrating science in the clinic to active data collection and analysis. This blog is for clinicians in the world of science.
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There are nearly two billion people in the world with an ongoing pain state – we can’t take questions from individual sufferers nor can we provide individual treatment advice but we do have a find a clinician service where you can locate clinicians around the world with Explain Pain education. You may also find reading the clinically orientated stories within noijam helpful.
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This is an exploration of the possible impact of the linguistic elements behind a person’s experience of osteoarthritis. In essence, we’re looking at how healthcare…
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This post was originally written for the Body in Mind website, however, with BiM’s retirement (archived in RELIEF here) we were asked if it might…
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The EP3 seminar is now in its 5th year and for the first time we are taking it to beautiful Brisbane, Queensland. EP3 has allowed…
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We recently met Ashleigh in Melbourne during our Explain Pain course. Ashleigh shared her story with us, and we asked if she would like to…