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== ME Advocacy == Dr Muirhead has given a number of presentations about ME/CFS to doctors and health professionals, based on her own experiences and current medical knowledge, including a presentation shown at the 71st World Health Assembly.<ref name=":0" /> She has taken part in a Q&A session with the general public after screenings of the film [[Unrest]], which documents patients' experiences with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]].<ref name=":1" /> Dr Muirhead is currently assessing the degree and nature of teaching that [[United Kingdom|UK]] medical schools are providing their medical students about [[ME/CFS]], and is planning to develop electronic training on ME/CFS which could be provided to medical schools.<ref name=":0" /> She is a heavily critical of the [[biopsychosocial model]] of ME/CFS, the UK's current [[NICE guidelines]], and does not see any [[:Category:Psychological paradigm|psychological factors]] as relevant to the illness [[ME/CFS]]. She is also critical of the [[deconditioning]] theory, and the assumptions of "[[Illness beliefs|exercise phobia]]".<ref name=":0" /> She believes [[biomedical research]] will deliver promising breakthroughs in ME/CFS in the next few years, and highlights the newer biomedical research findings, including findings on the significance of [[Adenosine triphosphate|ATP]].<ref name=":0" /> '''Study PRN''' CPD Accredited Online course - [https://www.studyprn.com/p/chronic-fatigue-syndrome Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] Dr Muirhead has created an accredited online course for Health Care Professionals.
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