SearchAssessment and management of neck and upper back pain
Aims
- to outline an efficient and careful approach to the assessment and management of patients with low back pain seen in a General Practice, Pain Medicine
- or Rehabilitation setting
- to teach the clinical features that offer the best route to a specific diagnosis, highlighting key elements of history taking, examination, investigation and
- current management options through case based discussions and supervised practice of hands-on skills
- to teach movement assessment, palpation of key surface anatomy landmarks in the spine and special tests to make an accurate diagnosis
- to discuss the benefits and limitations of spinal investigations
- to demonstrate and practice general and condition-specific management strategies for use in general practice
- to use small group case discussions and personal feedback on the approach to history, examination, investigation and management techniques to enhance learning
Learning Outcomes
- Implement a systems based approach to assessment of neck and upper back complaints, minimise misdiagnosis and unnecessary investigations and
- improve management
- Apply evidence-informed history taking methods for patients with neck and upper back complaints
- Apply reliable and valid physical examination tests in patients with neck and upper back complaints
- Defend the choice of investigations for neck and upper back pain and interpret the results in light of existing evidence about them.
- Explain clinical reasoning skills utilised in the diagnosis of neck and upper back complaints
- Implement effective and appropriate management strategies in patients with neck and upper back complaints, including the provision of evidence based advice
20
Feb
When
8:30am - 5:00pm,
Saturday 20th February 2021
Where
View Hotel, Kingsford Smith Drive & Hunt St, Hamilton, Brisbane
Organiser
Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine
CPD Points Available?
No
