Accurate Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Learning Alone: Provides a CPD certificate for 2 hours.
• Learning with Others: Provides suggestions to review the content with a colleague.

Format: On-demand (online) reading materials and videos

Format

This is an on-demand and self-paced CPD program, giving you the flexibility to complete your CPD requirements, at home, at work or anywhere with an Internet connection. You can log in and log out as many times as you wish. You will have unlimited online access to the course.

Course Description and Content

This course presents a clinical presentation of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  The course covers key aspects of the patient’s history and examination, clinical reasoning, exclusion of red flags and several examination videos. You will learn how a targeted clinical evaluation methodology with a problem-solving approach can be used to enhance your diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in practice.

Red Flag Recognition and Patient Examination Videos

The course includes a set of questions that you can ask your patients to help identify any red flags that indicate the presence of serious underlying conditions. Relevant clinical examination videos are also included for you to sharpen your clinical skills.

Quiz

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz. When you have completed the learning material, you will be able to access the quiz.

Certificate of Completion

When you have completed the course, you will be able to immediately download your Certificate of Completion.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be better able to:

• Take a focused clinical history for patients presenting with carpal tunnel syndrome.
• Perform a targeted physical examination when evaluating patients presenting with carpal tunnel syndrome.
• Recognise “red flags” which may indicate serious pathology.
• Improve your clinical reasoning and diagnostic accuracy.

Complete the course in 3 easy steps!

1. Enrol in this CPD Course.
2. Complete the learning activity at your pace.
3. Complete the multiple-choice quiz when it suits you and then download your Certificate of Completion. If you have any questions, please contact us.

System and Equipment Requirements

This CPD course has been optimised to work on personal computers, tablets and smartphones when using the most recent versions of Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.

Course Author

Elham Nia, DC, BSc, MSc  –  Dr. Nia is the founder of Clinical CPD. He graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in 1982, received a Master of Applied Science (Musculoskeletal Management), and a Graduate Diploma in Education in Australia. Dr. Nia was an undergraduate and postgraduate lecturer at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) for 14 years. He has conducted numerous postgraduate continuing education and professional development seminars and workshops on topics including spinal rehabilitation, diagnosis and management of myofascial trigger points, physical examination and therapeutic modalities. His presentations have been attended by a diverse range of healthcare practitioners including chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists, and general medical practitioners. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on the production of an extensive collection of online continuing education courses for chiropractors in Australia and New Zealand (www.cpdo.com.au). He is now pleased to offer the same high-quality CPD courses to healthcare practitioners in the United Kingdom (www.clinicalcpd.co.uk). The course materials and resources have been reviewed by a team of practitioners with extensive academic and clinical experience in musculoskeletal conditions. Our courses have been designed to provide participants with the most up-to-date diagnostic procedures and interpretations, with content that has been compiled from evidence-based resources including peer-reviewed journals, specialist organisations and authoritative texts.

Disclaimer

If you have questions or concerns about this CPD course meeting your professional registration requirements please contact your professional registration office to obtain pertinent information.

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