Using special interest sessions to design and implement a fatigue management group for people with multiple sclerosis

Abstract

Aims and method: Special interest sessions are a means of developing additional clinical interests in higher specialist training. We investigated the educational value of developing a group treatment programme for people with multiple sclerosis as well as its benefits for participants. Result: Feedback from those attending the groups indicated the programme was rated highly or very highly. There was a trend towards improvement in quality of life measures. Clinical implications: The group programme provided an excellent opportunity for shared interdisciplinary learning. The use of special interest sessions in psychiatry was important in building relationships with a department without direct psychiatric input and allowed the psychiatric trainee to acquire specific disease knowledge.