Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Masterclass

Ultrasound

Video course

by Mohini Rawat, DPT MS ECS OCS RMSK

When a patient complains of shoulder pain or a swollen knee, don’t you wish you had more information to aid in your diagnosis and relieve them from pain? This course will prepare you to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in your sports medicine, primary care, or rheumatology practice to identify joint effusions, rheumatoid arthritis, cysts, and other musculoskeletal pathologies.

2h 28m

7 Quizzes

4 CME

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After completing this course, you will be able to

Differentiate various tendon pathologies on ultrasound imaging.
Identify and grade tendon tears on ultrasound imaging.
Differentiate simple joint effusion from complex joint effusion or other joint pathologies.
Determine sonographic features of peripheral nerve pathology.
Identify and differentiate anomalous musculoskeletal findings from pathology.
Identify and grade ligament injuries on ultrasound imaging.
Determine indirect findings on ultrasound imaging that indicate certain musculoskeletal pathologies and require complementary imaging.
Differentiate cystic and non-cystic soft tissue masses.

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Chapter 1

Tendon pathology

Recognize the different tendon pathologies of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle and dive deeper into classification of tendon tears.

9 lessons

53m

Tendon pathology intro

Introduction to tendon pathology

Diagnosing the shoulder region

Diagnosing the elbow region

Diagnosing the wrist and hand regions

Diagnosing the hip region

Diagnosing the knee region

Diagnosing the ankle region

Diagnosing deposition diseases

Tendon pathology quiz

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Chapter 2

Joint pathology

Evaluate joint effusions, diagnose arthritis and deposition diseases, and identify joint pathologies in the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle.

9 lessons

38m

Joint pathology intro

Evaluating joint effusions

Diagnosing arthritis and deposition diseases

Diagnosing shoulder joint pathology

Diagnosing elbow joint pathology

Diagnosing hand and wrist joint pathology

Diagnosing hip joint pathology

Diagnosing knee joint pathology

Diagnosing ankle joint pathology

Joint pathology quiz

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Chapter 3

Nerve pathology

Explore focal nerve entrapment, recognize medial, ulnar, radial, fibular, and tibial nerve pathologies, and diagnose neuroma, nerve tumors, and nerve injury.

9 lessons

25m

Nerve pathology intro

Exploring focal nerve entrapment

Analyzing median nerve pathology

Analyzing ulnar nerve pathology

Analyzing radial nerve pathology

Analyzing common fibular nerve pathology

Analyzing tibial nerve pathology

Diagnosing neuroma and nerve tumors

Diagnosing nerve injury in lacerations

Nerve pathology quiz

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Chapter 4

Ligament pathology

In this chapter, learn to identify and grade ligament injuries of the lower and upper extremities.

4 lessons

14m

Ligament pathology intro

Assessing ligament sprain

Evaluating common lower extremity ligament injury

Evaluating common upper extremity ligament injury

Ligament pathology quiz

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Chapter 5

Bony pathology

Differentiate normal bony appearance from arthritic changes, bone fractures, and periostitis.

4 lessons

10m

Bony pathology intro

Differentiating normal versus abnormal bone

Interpreting fracture and periostitis

Mistaking normal bony appearance for pathology

Bony pathology quiz

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Chapter 6

Soft tissue masses

Differentiate between cystic and non-cystic soft tissue masses and learn to describe them appropriately in your written documentation.

3 lessons

Soft tissue masses intro

Differentiating cystic versus non-cystic masses

Interpreting ultrasound features of soft tissue masses

Soft tissue masses quiz

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Chapter 7

Foreign body

In this chapter, learn the value of ultrasound in the identification of foreign bodies.

3 lessons

Foreign body intro

Identifying a foreign body

Foreign body quiz

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Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Masterclass outro

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Teachers of this course

Mohini Rawat, DPT MS ECS OCS RMSK

President and co-founder of American Academy of MSK Ultrasound and Fellowship director of the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound program at Hands-On Diagnostics.

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Nora Drenaline

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All members receive a certificate for completing this course. For Pro members, the certificate comes with 4 CME credits.

CME accredited

All our courses and workshops are fully CME accredited. We provide USA AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Pro members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Want to transfer these credits to your national system? No problem.

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Award-winning teaching method

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2013
Highly commended by the British Medical Association
Awarded in the digital category of the BMA Book Awards—London 2017
Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2017
Internationally accredited
CME accredited in the USA and EU with mutual recognition agreements in most other countries.
Trusted institutional partner
Used by residency programs and universities around the world to train their clinicians and students.
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What’s in it for you?

Master the most important skills

Learn any skill in under 5 hours

Save time and money

After completing this course, you will be able to

What's inside

Tendon pathology

Joint pathology

Nerve pathology

Ligament pathology

Bony pathology

Soft tissue masses

Foreign body

Claim your certificate

CME accredited

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal

Highly commended by the British Medical Association

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal

Internationally accredited

Trusted institutional partner

Top-rated by our learners