The Arthritis Society provides information and materials for health care professionals. Downloadable patient education materials are available at: www.arthritis.ca [1]

The Arthritis Society also provides informal sessions for individual allied health professional students or groups of students on the resources, services and programs that are available at The Arthritis Society. For more information, please contact info@bc.arthritis.ca [2], or call the coordinator at 604-875-4997 or toll-free at 1-800-321-1433.

Disclaimer

You are welcome to use these VCH publications for non-commercial purposes, but you do so entirely at your own risk. The publications are provided “as-is”—VCH cannot and does not promise that its publications are accurate, complete or error-free, and will not accept any liability to you or any third party relating to or arising out of the publications.  VCH will not notify you if VCH discovers an error in, or otherwise changes, its publications. All content provided is for information and education and not as a substitute for the advice of a therapist or clinician.

These materials have been sorted by health discipline, type of arthritis, specific joint affected, and disease or symptom management. Some materials may be located in more than one location. For example, the handout “Osteoarthritis and your Thumbs” is included under ‘Occupational Therapy’, ‘Osteoarthritis’, and ‘Hands/Wrists’.

• Resources listed by Health Discipline [2]
  • Physicians & Nurses [2]
  • Occupational Therapy [2]
  • Physical Therapy [2]
• Resources listed by Type of Arthritis [2]
  • Inflammatory Arthritis [2]
  • Osteoarthritis [2]
  • Osteoporosis [2]
• Resources listed by Joint Affected [2]
  • Upper Extremity [2]
  • Lower Extremity [2]
• Resources listed by Disease or Symptom Management [2]
  • Pain [2]
  • Fatigue [2]
  • Inflammation [2]
  • Self Employment [2]

Roles of Allied Health Care Providers in Rheumatology [2]