
Online Course: Patellofemoral Joint Programme
An in depth series of courses exploring the knee joint
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Presented by:
Claire Robertson
Patellofemoral Expert. Consultant Physiotherapist, Researcher, Lecturer.
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Introduction
The knee is a complex joint made up from many different anatomical structures. It is joint that is subject to large, dynamic forces over the course of our lives and can often be a cause of pain and disability. In this series of short courses, knee specialist Claire Robertson guides you through many of these conditions and the latest evidence based approaches to their management are identified and explained.
Aims
This programme of courses aims to help you become a more effective clinician when treating conditions of the knee.
Outline
This programme consists of five separate online courses and an assignment:
- Subjective Examination of Patellofemoral Pain
- Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis
- Differentiating PFJ and Tibiofemoral Problems
- Fat Pad Syndrome
- Knee Crepitus
- Final Assignment
Target audience
This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.
Practicalities
Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 4-6 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.
Types of Activities - Reading Physiopedia pages, journal articles, book chapters. Watching videos. Attempting quizzes. Participating in an international discussion forum.
Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 10 Physioplus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.
Requirements to complete this course
In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:
- Respect the Physioplus Community Culture.
- Complete all the courses within this programme
- Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
- Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
- Pass a written assignment.
- Complete a course evaluation form.
Keywords: crepitus, fat pad, femur, knee, osteoarthritis, patella, tibia
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Programme courses
This programme involves the following courses (please note that this programme is under development and more courses will be added in the future):