Summary
Our understanding of the etiology and management of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is quickly evolving. This 7,5-hour online course on knee osteoarthritis assessment and treatment will debunk common knee osteoarthritis myths, provide clinicians with a detailed overview of the complex etiology of knee osteoarthritis, and provide recommendations for the assessment and treatment of knee osteoarthritis according to best practice guidelines.
The Knee Osteoarthritis Assessment & Management online course includes:
- 7.5 hours of educational content: 6.25 hours of video lectures and 1.25 hours of other educational material (quizzes, readings, etc.)
- A document with sample exercises for patients with knee osteoarthritis
- More than 400 presentation slides with tons of evidence-based recommendations to help optimize your clinical assessment, treatment and plan of care
- A comprehensive list of references (200+ peer-reviewed articles)
Objectives
More specifically, by the end of this online course, participants will be able to:
- Appreciate the complex, multifactorial nature of knee osteoarthritis and its clinical presentation.
- Identify important risk factors for knee osteoarthritis and understand how these risk factors may contribute to the initiation/progression of knee osteoarthritis using different models.
- Understand the different neurophysiological mechanisms involved in the experience of osteoarthritis pain, as well as factors that contribute to the maintenance and exacerbation of osteoarthritis pain.
- Understand the most common differential diagnoses of knee osteoarthritis.
- Screen for and identify red/yellow flags in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
- Understand the importance of psychosocial factors, and their relation to prognosis and outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
- Integrate evidence-based clinical diagnostic criteria, assessment tools (ex: functional tests) and outcome measures to inform their clinical impression and treatment strategies.
- Understand best-practice recommendations and key principles for the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis (i.e. patient education, exercise, weight management, manual therapy, etc.).
- Understand best-practice recommendations for supplements, injection therapies and surgery for patients with knee osteoarthritis.
- Understand best-practice recommendations and key principles for pre-habilitation and post-operative rehabilitation following knee arthroplasty.
Course Content
Target professionals
Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner’s license or regulation. Continuing education courses should not be taken by people who are not licensed or regulated.This does not apply when they are part of a specific plan of care. By participating in this course, the participant agrees to respect his/her professional scope of practice.
Excellent training—very well explained and very practical!!