Orthopaedic Medicine, Physiotherapy and Chiropractic Academy · MINC-OPR-002
Trauma, Fracture Care and Immobilisation
This 40-hour module develops safe, ethical and context-responsive competence in trauma, fracture care and immobilisation. 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
Trauma, Fracture Care and Immobilisation prepares health workers in Uganda to carry out an initial trauma assessment and manage soft-tissue injuries, and builds from there to monitor for complications, including neurovascular compromise, and plan referral and rehabilitation.
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
- Initial trauma assessment: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Initial trauma assessment: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Initial trauma assessment: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Initial trauma assessment: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Initial trauma assessment: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Soft-tissue injuries: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Soft-tissue injuries: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Soft-tissue injuries: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Soft-tissue injuries: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Soft-tissue injuries: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Upper-limb fractures and dislocations: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Upper-limb fractures and dislocations: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Upper-limb fractures and dislocations: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Upper-limb fractures and dislocations: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Upper-limb fractures and dislocations: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Lower-limb fractures and dislocations: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Lower-limb fractures and dislocations: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Lower-limb fractures and dislocations: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Lower-limb fractures and dislocations: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Lower-limb fractures and dislocations: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Spinal and pelvic injury precautions: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Spinal and pelvic injury precautions: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Spinal and pelvic injury precautions: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Spinal and pelvic injury precautions: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Spinal and pelvic injury precautions: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Splinting, casting and traction principles: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Splinting, casting and traction principles: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Splinting, casting and traction principles: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Splinting, casting and traction principles: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Splinting, casting and traction principles: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Complications and neurovascular monitoring: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Complications and neurovascular monitoring: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Complications and neurovascular monitoring: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Complications and neurovascular monitoring: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Complications and neurovascular monitoring: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Definitive referral and rehabilitation planning: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Definitive referral and rehabilitation planning: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Definitive referral and rehabilitation planning: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Definitive referral and rehabilitation planning: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Definitive referral and rehabilitation planning: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
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