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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Introduction As we all face new challenges due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, more and more clinical thoughts and challenges arise. Next to possibilities and…
Editor: Bart van Buchem is a NOI instructor, NOI NL Faculty Leader, polyglot and translator, he is also a researcher and clinician. He was wearing…
International Women’s Day occurred on 8 March this year, and our good friend Professor Sonia Grover was inclined to think and write about pain on…
Our friend Nikos Sidiropoulos has very kindly written a post for us, translating 11 Target Concepts into Greek. Our sincere thanks for his time and…
Thought provoking piece from American psychiatrist Allen Frances, on Aeon: The lure of ‘cool’ brain research is stifling psychotherapy “‘There is always a well-known solution…
Recently we took another look at Lorimer Moseley’s and David Butler’s 2015 paper, Fifteen Years of Explaining Pain: The Past, Present and Future, with an…
Paul, a most delightful and courageous patient of mine, agreed to share his story with us. A journey which probably should never have taken place…
Wouter Ramboer, a physiotherapist from Belgium and a good friend of NOI, has written some brilliant posts for noijam over the years including a harrowing…
Dr Emma Karran completed a rather exceptional PhD with Lorimer Moseley’s Body In Mind group. Her output has already been well cited in the literature…
Edward Bullmore, author of the excellent The Inflamed Mind writing in The Guardian From depression to dementia, inflammation is medicine’s new frontier “Unlikely as it…