Education

• The FASTER group contributes to a variety of educational activities within and beyond the university.

  Since 2001 the FASTER group has run the British Society for Rheumatology accredited foot and ankle course which has consistently sold out and rates extremely highly in the evaluations. The team synthesised its combined expertise from these courses into the 2006 text:
  Helliwell P.S. Woodburn J., Redmond A.C., Davys, HJ., Turner DE. The Foot and Ankle in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a comprehensive guide. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh 2006. ISBN-10: 0-443-10110-8

  The team is involved extensively in CPD, running an in-house rheumatology update for podiatrists, rheumatologists and GPs and delivering the CPD program on-site in NHS trusts 6-8 times a year (for enquires please contact Dr Redmond). As a centre of excellence the FASTER team contributes to all of the major texts in the field including:

1. Redmond AC, Helliwell PS, Robinson P. Investigating foot and ankle problems. In: Conaghan PG, O'Connor P, Isenberg D; Oxford Specialist Handbook of Musculoskeletal Imaging. Oxford University Press 2009
2. Redmond AC, Keenan AM. Foot Problems. In: Warburton L (ed); The New MRCGP Handbook of Musculoskeletal Problems, Royal College of General Practitioners, London 2009
3. Redmond A.C., Helliwell P.S. Musculoskeletal Disorders. In: Lorimer D, French, G., West, S.G.(eds), Neale's Disorders of the Foot 7th Edition. (Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh) 2005 ISBN-10: 0-443-07415-1.
4. Redmond AC. Functional Assessment. In Yates B; Assessment and Diagnosis of the Lower Limb. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0-08-045107-7
5. Redmond AC. (Editor) Field's Lower Limb Anatomy, Palpation and Surface Markings. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh. 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-3018-5.

• The group has also contributed to substantive government and professional guidelines ensuring the broad uptake of knowledge and its application to real-world practice These include:

1. NICE Clinical Guideline CG79. Rheumatoid arthritis: national clinical guideline for care and management in adults. London: Royal College of Physicians, 2009.
2. NICE Clinical Guideline CG59. Osteoarthritis: national clinical guideline for care and management in adults. London: Royal College of Physicians, 2008.
3. Redmond AC. Standards of Care for People with Musculoskeletal Foot Health Problems. PRCA/ARMA London 2008.

• Leeds founded the arc funded AHP internship scheme, which now provides a model for attracting the best AHPs in to musculoskeletal research. Through a collaboration with the University of Southampton 10 of the best AHPs have been brought into research roles and from the backbone of a growing cadre of PhD students and research fellows.