Special Interest Groups

Iraqi League for Bone Joint Health
Special Interest Groups
(ILBJH SIGs)

Rheumatology in Iraq is now growing and the scientific meeting has been held every year. Therefore, it is important to create our sustainable scientific interactions among Rheumatologists from various regions of Iraq in each field of Rheumatology.

Therefore, Iraqi League for Bone and Joint Health decided to establish Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in the following fields: Inflammatory Arthritis, Connective Tissue Diseases, Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases & Medical Rehabilitation.

Other fields could be identified and established in future as the needs arise, in consultation with the Scientific Committee and final approval obtained from ILBJH Board of Directors.

Members of SIGs are genuinely interested clinicians in the area of the SIG and their selection based on nomination from different governorates.

In principle, the members of each SIG should discuss and determine their activities together with their steering committee. Each activity will be reviewed and approved by ILBJH Board ofDirectors.

Iraqi League for Bone Joint Health
Inflammatory Arthritis Special Interest Group

Mission

To raise awareness among patients with IA and to bring experts in rheumatology fields together to share expertise & facilitate best practice exchange and ongoing medical development.

Objectives

The aim of IA SIG is to create our sustainable scientific interactions among rheumatologists from various region of Iraq in each field related to inflammatory arthritis.

Plan

Patient empowerment & awareness (world day celebration, themes & flyers).
Education of physicians: Educational online program targeting fellows, residents & post graduate students through website or face book of ILBJH possibly at regular weekly or monthly interval using the following materials:
- Publishing case scenarios with unusual, challenging, unsolved presentation.
- Open a scheduled discussion room for difficult cases, and if possible, engaging an expert rheumatologist.
- Reporting unusual / rare side effects of c/b DMARDs.
- Periodic meeting of the group on regular schedule for scientific purposes.
- Provide the rheumatologists with the opportunities for accessing the latest updates, guidelines, publications that are presented in annual meetings.
Formulation of management algorithm or guideline of each disease.
Development of a registry (creating unified database of biologic agent users in Iraq, starting
registration of patients with IA).
Development of research collaboration and motivation in these fields.
SIG publication.

Iraqi League for Bone Joint Health
Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases Special Interest Group

Mission

To promote bone and musculoskeletal health, raise awareness and inspire action among the public

and policy makers.

Objectives

To make the fracture primary prevention a priority in Iraqi general health care system.
Enhance the population based medical education to promote their awareness about the risks of metabolic bone diseases and other bone disorders.
Raise the awareness of bone diseases in health care professionals.
Encourage real world data-based researches and its application in the Iraqi clinical practice.
Build up an applicable platform of Iraqi recommendations for osteoporosis management.

Plan

Organize public education programs using media and other tools.
Offer recommendations on nutrition and physical activities to improve bone health.
Create strategic alliances and meetings with other related medical specialties.
Lecture series in part of continuous medical education of bone diseases for health professionals for latest management updates.
Organize an osteoporosis registration system in Iraqi hospitals.

Iraqi League for Bone Joint Health
Connective Tissue Diseases Special Interest Group

Mission

The mission of our group is to improve health and care of patients with connective tissue diseases.

Objectives

To promote patients and health care providers awareness about CTDs.
To educate patients with CTDs regarding the disease process and management.
To enhance and update rheumatologist knowledge and practice in the diagnosis and management of CTDs.

Plan

To deliver educational material (posters, brochures, interviews, etc.) targeting patients with CTDs, especially during world disease days and awareness months.
To hold virtual and face to face meeting targeting rheumatologists discussing various aspects of CTDs and challenging cases.
To conduct researches concerning various aspects of different CTDs.
To establish CTDs registry (starting with SLE initially).

Iraqi League for Bone Joint Health
Rehabilitation Medicine Special Interest Group

Mission

Improving the health care regarding the rehabilitation medicine in Iraq.

Objectives

Raise awareness among doctors in different specialties.
Upgrade skills and competency of the rehabilitation team members.
Patient education and awareness about adherence to the rehabilitation program.

Plan

Arrange a scheduled events or meetings to raise awareness and make use of special conditions days.
Make posts on social media plate forms and short videos through pages directed toward both rehabilitation team and public.
Establish protocols as a foundation for the excellence of care in common presentation.

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