Topic: Cultivating Hope with the New Year While Chronically Ill » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session […]
How were the clinical definitions of ME/CFS and Long COVID developed, and why do they matter? There is no single test to diagnose ME/CFS or Long COVID which means that clinicians and researchers must use established clinical diagnostic criteria to communicate, guide care, and decide who to include in studies. In this session, we will […]
Topic: Navigating Loneliness and Rebuilding Connection » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session includes a specific topic […]
Topic: Chronic Illness: Facing Limits and Losses (Moving through Grief) » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session […]
This “Coffee” with a Clinician session focuses on Chapter 3 of the Clinical Care Guide, Assessing Impaired Function (Clinical Evaluation), with particular attention to cognitive impairment. Our panelists represent diverse clinical, personal, and professional backgrounds and have made meaningful contributions toward advancing BHC’s medical education goals. "Functional impairment" is a medical term used to describe […]
Topic: Coping with Depression and Emotional Overload » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session includes a specific […]
Topic: Communicating Needs with Confidence » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved […]
The Coffee with a Clinician sessions are dedicated to sharing key principles and practical tips from the BHC Clinical Care Guide. Topic: Sections 4.1 and 4.2 - Key characteristics and pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise (PEM) (Future sessions will cover screening questions for PEM, explaining PEM, objective testing for PEM, and management of PEM.) Date: Wed, Mar. 11th […]
Topic: Life Stages and Aging with ME/CFS or Long COVID » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and […]
Topic: Managing Symptoms on a Daily Basis: Hacks and Strategies » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and […]
The Coffee with a Clinician sessions are dedicated to sharing key principles and practical tips from the BHC Clinical Care Guide. The goals of this session are to share: How patients and caregivers can communicate PEM (post-exertional malaise) to healthcare providers and others in a way that differentiates it from other conditions Screening tools that can help […]
Topic: Who am I Now? Identity and Chronic Illness » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing […]
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career – the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.