Orthopaedic Medicine, Physiotherapy and Chiropractic Academy · MINC-OPR-004
Spine, Posture and Conservative Manual-Care Pathways
This 40-hour module develops safe, ethical and context-responsive competence in spine, posture and conservative manual-care pathways. 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
Spine, Posture and Conservative Manual-Care Pathways prepares health workers in Uganda to describe spinal anatomy and biomechanics as they bear on assessment, and builds from there to refer, follow up and advise on prevention.
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
- Spinal anatomy and biomechanics: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Spinal anatomy and biomechanics: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Spinal anatomy and biomechanics: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Spinal anatomy and biomechanics: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Spinal anatomy and biomechanics: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Posture and ergonomic assessment: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Posture and ergonomic assessment: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Posture and ergonomic assessment: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Posture and ergonomic assessment: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Posture and ergonomic assessment: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Neck-pain evaluation: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Neck-pain evaluation: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Neck-pain evaluation: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Neck-pain evaluation: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Neck-pain evaluation: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Low-back-pain evaluation: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Low-back-pain evaluation: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Low-back-pain evaluation: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Low-back-pain evaluation: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Low-back-pain evaluation: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Neurological warning signs: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Neurological warning signs: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Neurological warning signs: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Neurological warning signs: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Neurological warning signs: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Conservative movement-based care: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Conservative movement-based care: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Conservative movement-based care: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Conservative movement-based care: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Conservative movement-based care: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Manual-care safety and contraindications: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Manual-care safety and contraindications: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Manual-care safety and contraindications: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Manual-care safety and contraindications: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Manual-care safety and contraindications: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Referral, follow-up and prevention: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Referral, follow-up and prevention: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Referral, follow-up and prevention: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Referral, follow-up and prevention: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Referral, follow-up and prevention: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
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