Medbridge Courses

Prof Todd Daveport hosts three Medbridge courses titled “Lessons From Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for Long COVID”, “Starting an ‘Energy System First Aid’ Approach for Long COVID” and “Lessons From Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Analeptic Management of Long COVID”. These courses provide the first chapter for free, with the rest of the course available for purchase or subscription.

1. Lessons From Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for Long COVID

   This course presents an overview of important symptomatic and functional similarities between ME and long COVID, as well as a model for clinical management of long COVID based on our collective understanding of ME. Insights from people living with long COVID are provided to include patients' perspectives as a prominent part of the course material.

2. Starting an “Energy System First Aid” Approach for Long COVID

   This webinar will describe the identification of long COVID and clues about its physiology from existing literature describing PESE. It will then introduce the concept of energy system first aid to describe how activity pacing strategies may be designed and implemented to reduce loading on dysfunctional energy systems. Specific ideas will be provided about how to inform pacing strategies with vital sign data from wearable devices.

3. Lessons From Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Analeptic Management of Long COVID

   In this course, you will learn current information regarding activity pacing, phased approaches to rehabilitation, use of wearable sensors, and service design considerations for people living with PEM/PESE as a symptom of long COVID. These topics will draw on lessons from another (commonly) postviral syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, which may be applied to also help people with long COVID.

Date Last Revised: 14th August 2022