Healthcare professionals

The “Arthritis is cured! (if you want it)” program’s purpose is not just to raise arthritis awareness with patients and their families, but also to raise arthritis issues with healthcare professionals.

As the number one reason a person over the age of 65 visits their family physician, arthritis early detection and diagnosis of arthritis is critical to reduce pain and prevent irreversible damage to the joints. To assist primary care professionals with the diagnosis and management of arthritis, and in discussing arthritis with their patients, the program’s co-leaders, Arthritis Consumer Experts and The Arthritis Society, have developed this point-of-practice arthritis tool. It is a practical tool incorporating evidence-based information to support arthritis diagnosis and management that can be used in your daily practice.

The content for this tool is from the evidence-based Best Practice Guidelines for arthritis developed by and for primary care providers as part of the “Getting a Grip on arthritis” program (© The Arthritis Society). This tool was developed with input from a number of your peers across Canada.

Download a version of our full-colour and printer-friendly evidence-based, point-of-practice arthritis tool:

If you would like to order a tool for your practice, please contact us at with your full name and mailing address.

The National Arthritis Awareness Program would like to thank the following doctors who dedicated their time and expertise to assist us as consulting advisors to develop this arthritis point-of-practice tool:

Dr. Victor Bergson (BC)
Dr. Leslie Brown (BC)
Dr. Helena L. Duchowska (BC)
Dr. Lynn Fletcher (NB)
Dr. Bing Q. Gore (BC)
Dr. Harvey Halperin (BC)
Dr. Marianne Ho-Asjoe (BC)
Dr. Miguel Imperial (BC)
Dr. Shahin Jaffer (BC)
Dr. Tracy Lee (BC)
Dr. Caroline MacCallum (BC)
Dr. Vienna Ng (BC)
Dr. Cuong Ngo-Minh (ON)
Dr. Paul Postuma (NB)
Dr. Margaret Tran (BC)
Dr. Patrick Yam (BC)