This course provides learners with hands-on experience in practising and applying skills in orthopaedic care settings. It is designed to prepare students to acquire specialised skills in the care of patients on modalities of immobilisation. It also enables the candidate to develop proficiency in performing therapeutic interventions relevant to adult and paediatric orthopaedic conditions. This course is delivered during clinical phase in Semester I for 4 weeks.
This course provides learners with experiential learning experience in practising orthopaedic care in wards, emergency rooms, clinics and P.O. P rooms. It is designed to prepare students to acquire specialized skills in managing fractures and dislocations with appropriate reduction and techniques of fracture fixation and soft tissue management including open fractures. It also enhances competence in working with trauma teams in the care of multiple injured patients. This course is delivered during clinical phase in Semester I for 8 weeks.
The course will provide theoretical knowledge and skills in diagnostic and therapeutic intervention in orthopaedics care. It will include musculoskeletal assessment, investigation, diagnostic, therapeutic procedures, and therapeutic interventions. This module will be conducting in theory phase from 1st week to 7th week with using interactive teaching.
This unit covers medical and clinical sciences related to musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology, microbiology and pharmacology. It also focuses on the treatment of trauma and a range of long-term musculoskeletal conditions, with an emphasis on current knowledge for orthopaedic practise. This course is delivered during the 1 to 7 week theory phase using teaching methods such as interactive lecturers and group activities.
Course content focuses on care and management of patients with a range of acute and long term traumatic and non traumatic musculoskeletal conditions and diseases, evaluating current guidelines and evidence underpinning assessment, diagnosis and treatment strategies. It also includes orthopaedic related infections, neoplasms and common orthopaedic conditions in children. This course is delivered during the 1 to 7 week theory phase using teaching methods such as interactive lecturers and group activities.