“What is ME/CFS?” is the first in a series of short educational videos designed for healthcare professionals.
Description
In 2015, a committee of the National Academy of Medicine (formally the Institute of Medicine) reviewed the ME/CFS scientific literature and proposed clinical diagnostic criteria, with the specific goal of empowering more medical professionals to make a diagnosis of ME/CFS. This video provides a basic overview of these clinical diagnostic criteria, which highlight the most common core features of ME/CFS.
Although the content is geared towards healthcare professionals, and only opens the door to everything there is to learn about ME/CFS, this video serves as a simple educational tool to assist family members, employers, teachers, and members of the general public to gain insight and a better understanding of the disease as it impacts those with ME/CFS.
You can learn more about orthostatic intolerance and post-exertional malaise in our subsequent videos.
*These videos have been made possible by the Utah Medical Association and other generous donors.
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.