Orthopaedic Medicine, Physiotherapy and Chiropractic Academy · MINC-OPR-001
Foundations of Musculoskeletal Assessment and Referral
This 40-hour module develops safe, ethical and context-responsive competence in foundations of musculoskeletal assessment and referral. It comprises 40 one-hour units using guided reading, cases, practice products, knowledge checks, reflection and applied assessment.
40 CPD credit hours · 40 one-hour units · 2400 minutes · Coming soon
MINC is still writing this module. Its units are listed below so you can see what is coming; none of them can be started or bought yet.
Module aim
Foundations of Musculoskeletal Assessment and Referral prepares health workers in Uganda to work within your professional scope and recognise musculoskeletal red flags, and builds from there to reason to a working diagnosis and document, refer and safety-net.
What you will be able to do
- Explain core concepts, professional responsibilities and limits.
- Use structured assessment and reliable practical tools.
- Apply evidence-informed decisions with safety, ethics and escalation safeguards.
- Adapt safely to realistic Ugandan resource constraints.
- Communicate, document, reflect and improve performance.
Units
- Professional scope and red flags: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Professional scope and red flags: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Professional scope and red flags: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Professional scope and red flags: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Professional scope and red flags: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Musculoskeletal history taking: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Musculoskeletal history taking: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Musculoskeletal history taking: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Musculoskeletal history taking: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Musculoskeletal history taking: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Pain and functional assessment: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Pain and functional assessment: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Pain and functional assessment: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Pain and functional assessment: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Pain and functional assessment: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Inspection, palpation and movement testing: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Inspection, palpation and movement testing: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Inspection, palpation and movement testing: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Inspection, palpation and movement testing: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Inspection, palpation and movement testing: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Neurovascular examination: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Neurovascular examination: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Neurovascular examination: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Neurovascular examination: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Neurovascular examination: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Basic imaging and investigation pathways: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Basic imaging and investigation pathways: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Basic imaging and investigation pathways: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Basic imaging and investigation pathways: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Basic imaging and investigation pathways: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Clinical reasoning and working diagnosis: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Clinical reasoning and working diagnosis: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Clinical reasoning and working diagnosis: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Clinical reasoning and working diagnosis: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Clinical reasoning and working diagnosis: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Documentation, referral and safety-netting: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Documentation, referral and safety-netting: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Documentation, referral and safety-netting: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Documentation, referral and safety-netting: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Documentation, referral and safety-netting: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
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