OVERVIEW

Principles of Orthopaedics Course is organized by Orthopaedic Academy.

Target Audience:
• Medical Students
• Junior Doctors : Foundation Doctors, Core Trainees, Trust Doctors, Clinical Fellows, Residents
• General Practitioners
• A&E doctors of all levels
• Useful aid to prepare for MRCS & MRCEM Exams
• Physiotherapists
• Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• and all other Healthcare professionals with an interest in Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal care.

Key Learning points:
• This course is designed to give an overview of the following :
• Essential orthopaedic conditions
• Clinical scenarios and case discussions
• Practical skills that a doctor or practitioner may encounter while working in Trauma & Orthopaedics

How it works:
• The course is delivered as a series of 17 pre-recorded modules to cover the essential knoweldge and skills required.
• You can take each module and complete the assessment at your own time .
• Successfully Complete 12 modules to recieve a full course completion certificate (Equivalent to 12 CPD hours)

The CPD certificate is provided by Orthopaedic Academy and approved by the Royal College of Surgeons and the CPD Certification Service .

Programme of Modules :

Trauma , Emergencies and oncall section:
• Surviving the Orthopaedic Oncall – How to Manage Common Orthopaedic Emergencies ( Nicola Evans and Sameera Abas )
• Upper Limb fractures ( David Hughes )
• Lower Limb Fractures ( Mohammed Al-Sultany )
• Common Spinal Trauma & Emergency Spinal Conditions ( Sriram Srinivasan )
• Common Paediatric Conditions, the limping child and Non-accidental Injuries ( Nicola Evans )
• How to Approach a Pathological Bone Lesion/Fracture (Siddharth Kamat )
• Manipulation of fractures and dislocations and application of casts ( Siddharth Kamat )
• How to survive the Trauma Meeting ( Shaheer Joiya )
• Commonly missed Orthopaedic Injuries ( Piyush Gavai )

Elective Orthopaedics section:
• Principles of Orthopaedic Examination ( Abdullah Hanoun)
• Common Elective Upper Limb Conditions ( Kashif Memon)
• Common Elective lower Limb Conditions ( David Hughes)
• Spinal Examination and Common Elective Spinal Conditions ( ( Sriram Srinivasan)
• How to Read a Radiograph ( David Hughes)
• Aspiration & Injection of Knee & Shoulder joints ( Diab Diab)
• History & Principles of orthopaedic implants ( Mohammed Al-Sultany)
• Principles of consent ( David Hughes)