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Learn advanced clinical reasoning, treatment strategies, and nuances of musculoskeletal medicine. This course provides evidence-based insights and real-world cases to enhance your patient care skills and confidence!
Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most frequent complaints seen in medicine. However, the methodology for diagnosing and managing these problems is frequently oversimplified, placing excessive emphasis on structural factors. Musculoskeletal conditions manifest in a more complex context, creating a need for a broader examination and treatment.
This course is aimed at healthcare providers, specifically medical doctors at both junior and senior levels, as well as physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals with an interest in musculoskeletal medicine. The course provides a comprehensive overview of often-overlooked aspects of clinical reasoning.
After following this course, you will feel more confident in assessing and treating patients with musculoskeletal complaints.
Module 1: General principles
Appreciate the complexity of MSK medicine. Understand the role of person-centered communication. Acknowledge the importance of self-management support.
Module 2: History taking and clinical examination
Recognize the pain-time relation of musculoskeletal injuries. Recognize factors related to load and load tolerance in injury etiology. Have a broader understanding of clinical examination
Module 3: Technical investigation
Define key indications, potential pitfalls, and the impact of technical investigation.
Module 4: Treatment
Understand the role of multifactorial treatment and risk factors on musculoskeletal injuries. Learn how to make evidence-based decisions regarding return-to-sport and return to other activities of daily life. What if therapy fails?
Module 5: Clinical cases
Integrate your knowledge through branched case videos.
Professor and Head Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation • KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven
Professor and MD • KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven
PhD Student and resident Physical and Sports Medicine • KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven
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Who can take this course?
Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.