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Unit 1: 11-13 June 2009
Unit 2: 4-5 September 2009
Venue: SHEFFIELD
For information on the MSc in Orthopaedic Medicine click
here
Registration Form
[PDF]
The module isn’t just about advanced techniques but focuses
on your advancement in the orthopaedic medicine approach by revising,
improving and developing your practical and clinical reasoning skills.
You will also be given the tools for literature searching and evaluating
research and an opportunity to develop your presentation and communication
skills. You will be involved in group discussions and encouraged
to share your experience with your peers through the critical examination
of complex clinical cases. The overall aim of the module is to facilitate
and confirm your growth as an advanced practitioner and past students
have enjoyed the unhurried pace and challenge of the module and
the tangible benefit to their clinical practice.
Module Structure
Code: |
SOM3 |
Title: |
Advanced Clinical Practice in Orthopaedic
Medicine |
Level: |
4 |
Credit points: |
20 |
Pre-requisite: |
Must be a Member of the Society of Orthopaedic
Medicine (or have fully satisfied the assessment requirements
of an affiliated association) |
Teaching hours: |
24 |
Teaching/Learning Strategies |
Lecture, Demonstration, Group work, Tutorials,
Presentation |
Total study hours: |
180 |
Module Leader: |
Dr Elaine Atkins |
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Rationale and aims
This module intends to review and develop the manual skills of
medical practitioners and chartered physiotherapists (or those with
an equivalent overseas qualification) as applied in clinical practice
in orthopaedic medicine. It is targeted at those students who have
completed the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine Membership course
(or the course of an affiliated association) and who wish to develop
their skills in and review the evidence base of in orthopaedic medicine,
based on their continuing clinical experience.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students will be able to: -
- Critically evaluate their clinical orthopaedic medicine practice
indicating ‘value added’ through the integration of
the approach into their professional practice
- Extrapolate and inter-relate a comprehensive knowledge base
into advanced practice of orthopaedic medicine
- Demonstrate advancement in their mastery of handling skills
in the performance of orthopaedic medicine techniques
- Critically discuss and debate current theory underpinning orthopaedic
medicine practice and contribute to the development of the taught
techniques through a creative and innovative approach to practice
- Take the lead in promoting the practice of orthopaedic medicine,
and in further developing the evidence base of practice
Outline of content
- The concept of advanced practice
- Evaluation and development of regional techniques used in orthopaedic
medicine
- Introduction and evaluation of advanced techniques used in
orthopaedic medicine
- Evaluation and identification of lacunae within the specialism
- Methods of critical review
- Developing the evidence base of orthopaedic medicine
- Presentation of case reports
Registration Form
[PDF]
For further information contact: Julia
Kermode, Executive Director, SOM, 4th Floor, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool,
L2 2AH |
