The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (ROH) in Birmingham has launched the MSK Academy to empower healthcare professionals with the expertise and skills in musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions to provide exceptional patient care.
Uzo Ehiogu, MSK Academy Clinical Lead comments: “MSK conditions are highly prevalent in this country – chronic joint pain affects nearly 9 million people in the UK and MSK conditions account for over a quarter of GP consultations.
“For the NHS to help bring these numbers down we need to arm first contact practitioners and GPs with the knowledge to prevent MSK conditions from worsening, aid early decision making in the patient pathway and support staff across the entire patient journey in providing the best patient care. We’re really excited to be launching the MSK Academy to help tackle these challenges and support healthcare professionals across the region.”
The MSK Academy will provide virtual and face to face learning opportunities for those who have an interest in musculoskeletal healthcare. It will deliver training to support early career practitioners in Allied Healthcare, nursing, GP trainees and surgical trainees at ROH and externally.
The MSK Academy will do this by harnessing ROH’s existing education, library and research services alongside further leveraging its partnerships with industry and universities.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital hosts the Birmingham Orthopaedic Training Programme, one of the largest and most successful orthopaedic training programmes in the UK for trainee orthopaedic surgeons, and works in partnership with local universities to deliver undergraduate training for nurses, physiotherapists and medical students in Birmingham.
The ROH works in partnership with the University of Birmingham (UoB) and Aston Medical School (AMS) to support their medical student education. Each year up to 480 UoB fourth-year medical students and 120 AMS third-year medical students complete a musculoskeletal placement at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. The 120 AMS medical students also complete a peri operative medicine placement at the ROH and all students get to experience Patient Simulated Training.
For more information about the MSK Academy at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital visit https://mskacademy.co.uk/
