Course Outline

Course Introduction

  • Course Introduction

Musculoskeletal Trauma

  • Initial Management of Trauma
  • Fracture Complications
  • Long Bone Fractures
  • Femoral Neck Fractures
  • Wrist Fractures (inc. Scaphoid)
  • Elbow and Forearm Fractures
  • Ankle Fractures
  • Vertebral Fractures
  • Glenohumeral Dislocation
  • Ligament and Meniscal Injury in the Knee

Osteoarthritis

  • Hip Osteoarthritis
  • Knee Osteoarthritis
  • Shoulder Osteoarthritis
  • Finger Osteoarthritis

Inflammatory Arthritis

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Seronegative spondyloarthritis

Crystal Arthritis

  • Gout and Pseudogout

Infection

  • Septic Arthritis
  • Osteomyelitis

Diseases of the Bone

  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteomalacia and Rickets
  • Paget’s Disease

Malignancy

  • Metastatic Disease
  • Myeloma
  • Primary Disease

Back and Neck Pain

  • Lumbar Spine Pathology
  • Cervical Spine Pathology

Single and Multiple Regional Periarticular Pain

  • Rotator Cuff Pathology]
  • Medial and Lateral Epicondylitis
  • Trochanteric Bursitis
  • Fibromyalgia

Paediatrics

  • Common Traumatic Injuries
  • Paediatric Hip Disease
  • Talipes
  • Scoliosis

Examination

  • The GALS Screen
  • Gait Patterns
  • Shoulder
  • Elbow
  • Hip
  • Knee
  • Spine