Qualification:

Physiotherapists, AHPs and medical practitioners with approval from their appropriate regulatory body and employer clinical governance to practice injection therapy in neuromusculoskeletal management.  In support of your application, please provide confirmation that you have a supervisor in place with 2 years Musculoskeletal Injection Therapy experience who is able to support you in completing 10 supervised musculoskeletal injections. 

Work Experience:

Experience of sustained specialist musculoskeletal practice with at least 3 years of post-qualification practice experience. This must include advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis skills with exceptional anatomical knowledge.

Governance:

Please also confirm in your application that the supervisor/ organisation you will be working with has an appropriate medicines framework in place to allow you to supply the necessary injectable medicines. This will take the form of either a Patient Specific Direction (PSD) or Patient Group Direction (PGD).

References and Personal Statement:

Reference and letter of support from clinical supervisor.

If English is not your first language you will be required to submit IELTS score. The above must be evidenced in your application form. 

 

Provisional timetable

The Module is delivered at our Collegiate Crescent Campus. In addition to the practical sessions, you will also be expected you engage with independent guided study. The delivery will commence in October 2024.

Upon completion of module teaching, students will then complete 10 supervised injections in clinical practice. Evidence of this will be submitted as a portfolio alongside a written reflection which will be due in April 2025. 

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