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Learn when and how to safely administer joint injections
This Joint Injection Course is aimed at practitioners working with musculoskeletal patients who would like to improve their assessment, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions, including the role of, theory behind and practical use of corticosteroid joint and tissue injections.
The Joint Injection Course is led by highly experienced GPs and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners, ensuring that a community focus and context is maintained throughout. The course is reviewed and updated by consultant orthopaedic surgeons, university professors & lecturers, ensuring we always teach you the most recent, relevant, and evidence based practices.
This is a highly practical course, and consists of a series of short and punchy lectures in the morning, following by live demonstrations and hands on supervised practice for the rest of the day.
Benefit from access to our collection of 20 realistic and advanced injection training models. These will teach you to accurately locate injection sites using palpation and body landmarks, with real time feedback on your needle placement from our bluetooth tablets.
Completion of this Joint Injection Course will:
– Teach you how to safely offer the right joint injections to the right patients
– Enable you to accurately diagnose and differentiate between a range of MSK complaints, where corticosteroid injections might be indicated
– Train you to use palpation and bony landmarks to identify the correct needle placement site and direction, in order to reach a number of key anatomical areas
– Equip you with a range of ongoing management and exercise plans, giving your patients the best chance of long term symptom relief
– Give you the confidence to begin offering Joint injections immediately within your practice
NHS Primary Care Practitioners wishing to perform (and get paid for) joint injections under the Minor Surgery Directly Enhanced Service (“the Minor Surgery DES”) must submit evidence of appropriate ongoing training in Joint Injections
Your Certificate of Completion for this course can be submitted to your local/regional commissioners, so that you can remain accredited to perform Joint Injections under the Minor Surgery DES.
This training usually needs to be renewed every 2-3 years.
Before the course you will receive online access to our highly regarded Joint Injection Resource Area, which includes:
– Our up to date and fully referenced Joint Injection Handbook
– Our suite of close up demonstration videos, including in-vivo guides and walkthroughs
– Consent Forms & Guidelines
On the day of course you’ll have plenty of time to get supervised practice using our collection of 20 realistic and advanced injection training models. These will teach you to accurately located injection sites using palpation and body landmarks, with real time feedback on your needle placement sent to our bluetooth tablets.
We strive to offer excellent post-course support, and our friendly tutor team remain available for any post-course questions or queries.
The Joint Injection Course is suitable for all skills levels.
If you are a novice or beginner, then we’ll teach you to safely offer Joint Injections. If you have previous experience, then you’ll expand your knowledge and receive an excellent CPD update from our expert tutors.
The Joint Injection Course is designed for GPs, Hospital Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Paramedics and other primary care professionals, but is also suitable for any healthcare professional looking to expand the range of treatments they offer.
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For over a decade we have been providing Joint Injection training in the UK and abroad for internationally recognised bodies, including the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal College of General Practitioners, The Royal College of Nursing, and many local commissioning groups.
This course is endorsed by our partner and the largest Primary Care educator in the UK, NB Medical Education, who share our passion for equipping healthcare professionals with the latest skills, knowledge and techniques.
Learn when and how to safely administer joint injections
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This Joint Injection Course is aimed at practitioners working with musculoskeletal patients who would like to improve their assessment, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions, including the role of, theory behind and practical use of corticosteroid joint and tissue injections.
The Joint Injection Course is suitable for all skills levels.
If you are a novice or beginner, then we’ll teach you to safely offer Joint Injections. If you have previous experience, then you’ll expand your knowledge and receive an excellent CPD update from our expert tutors.
The Joint Injection Course is designed for GPs, Hospital Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Paramedics and other primary care professionals, but is also suitable for any healthcare professional looking to expand the range of treatments they offer.
All Allied Health Professionals and non-independent practitioners should confirm the education requirements with their Professional Body prior to the practice of injection therapy. Some professions, such as Physiotherapists, require a post graduate diploma in injection therapy, which this course will not provide. For AHPs and non-independent practitioners it will serve as an excellent introduction, or as a CPD refresher for existing practitioners.
The joint injection course is open to delegates of all nationalities. We regularly have international delegates completing this course with us.
There is no pre-course reading required before attending the joint injection course.
1 week before the course commences, we will send you instructions on how to access the Joint Injection Resource Area on our website. From there, you will be able to access the course handbook alongside our demonstration videos and other useful documents. Once again, you do not need to review these before the course, and they are intended for post-course reference.
We are very happy to give you early access to these materials if you’d like. Simply get in touch with your order number.
If you have enough interested delegates (20 or more), we are happy to look into holding a bespoke course just for you.
Whether this is your practice, PCN, ICB or even a group of friends, we can deliver this course with all materials directly to you.
This can be anywhere in the UK or internationally, and can work out more economically versatile for individuals and groups. Get in touch and see what we can do for you.
Over the last 10 years our Joint Injection Course has been developed and refined by a multidisciplinary team, including expert GPs, Orthopaedic Surgeons, University Professors, and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners. Throughout these updates we’ve kept this highly acclaimed course fun, friendly and informative.
We use a range of advanced learning aids, including advanced injection training models, live demonstrations, and in-vivo videos.
You will also gain online access to our acclaimed Joint Injection Resource Area, which includes:
For over a decade we have been providing Joint Injection training in the UK and abroad for internationally recognised bodies, including the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal College of General Practitioners, The Royal College of Nursing, and many local commissioning groups.
This course is endorsed by our partner and the largest Primary Care educator in the UK, NB Medical Education who share our passion for equipping healthcare professionals with the latest skills, knowledge and techniques.
Yes! Completion of this 1 Day Joint Injection Course will gain you 6 CPD Hours / Credits, which will be displayed on your Certificate of Completion.
The Joint Injection Course will cover all the practical elements, techniques and guidance required to perform Joint Injections. However, like most CPD Courses, it is not a postgraduate qualification or diploma level course, and does not on its own qualify healthcare professionals to practice joint injections independently afterwards.
The training requirements to practice joint injections independently vary both between and within professions; some require higher education (i.e. a diploma), some require CPD training such this course, followed by employer competency based assessment/skills sign-off, and some (generally independent practitioners & Doctors) require our training, supported by local mentorship, reflective practice, audit and appraisal.
If you are not a prescriber, you will also need arrangements for the steroid (+/- local anaesthetic) to be prescribed prior to treatment. This would need to be under a Patient Group Directive or Patient Specific Direction.
We have Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, and other NMC/HCPC professions attending, either to gain an excellent foundation in Joint Injections, or as a CPD refresher/up-skill for existing practitioners. We use simulation models rather than real patients, and so there are no specific eligibility criteria for attending the course.
Yes! We are always delighted to have Trainees, Medical Students, FYs & STs attending our Joint Injection Course. You’ll find it an excellent introduction to these skills.
The fastest way to secure your joint injection course place is to use a credit/debit card to purchase your course via our website. You could either pay yourself and claim back from your employer, or they could make the purchase on your behalf using a company credit card.
If your employer wishes to make payment via bank transfer, and requires an invoice from us, then please add the desired course to your cart, and select the ‘Pay By Invoice option at the checkout page.
Instead of charging you, we will generate and send you an invoice for your training place, which you must then sent to your employer for payment.
At checkout please ensure you submit the correct Billing Details for your employer. Please also ensure you submit any Purchase Order Number, if provided to you by your employer. Purchase Order Numbers are often required by large NHS Organisations.
We will complete your order and email your tickets once funds have cleared in our account.
