This 2 hour session, delivered via MS Teams, is aimed at all primary care clinicians who manage patients with Osteoarthritis (OA).
- Do you want to improve your understanding of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) and its management in primary care?
- Do you want to improve conversations about OA for you and your patients?
This training session will change your understanding of OA and help you to effectively diagnose and manage hip and knee OA patients in primary care.
Learning aims:
- Understanding OA pathology
- Changing perspectives away from a wear and tear problem
- Improve your understanding of NICE guidance on diagnosis and management of OA
- Understanding the effects of comorbidities on OA
- Improving conversations with your patients about OA
- Understanding conservative management
- Understanding the role of imaging in diagnosis and in the referral process
- Understanding when to refer for arthroplasty
Previous feedback:
“Non judgemental, back to basics, practice changing!”
“Really helpful advice on diagnosis and on how to explain the diagnosis to patients. Very clear, relevant information, with good opportunities for engagement and to ask questions”
“Knowledgeable and informative trainers able to relate theory to practice”
Course Cost
This course is funded if your Practice subscribes to the Primary Care Education Programme. The cost of the course for NON Education Programme Members is £48 (including VAT). This course is for staff working within the Cornwall healthcare economy. We reserve the right to cancel any ineligible bookings. If you work outside Cornwall and are interested in this course, please email kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net
If you need to cancel a booked place on a course, please do so giving sufficient notice for the place to be reallocated. As per our terms and conditions, we reserve the right to charge for places cancelled less than 5 working days prior to the course start (unless otherwise stated), or failure to take up the place on the day of the course. This applies to both members and non-members of the Primary Care Education Programme.