Title:

MSK Primary Care (MSK)

Description:

The Musculoskeletal (MSK) primary care e-learning programme has been developed to support clinicians working in primary care as first contact practitioners (FCP) in a primary care environment. In a primary care setting it has been reported that a GP will see 20% of their case load as MSK in origin and it has also been highlighted that using the wider workforce, such as physiotherapists, can improve outcomes, give high patient satisfaction, save time and ultimately costs. To support these new models of care organisations have been aligned, through community services, with primary care to develop new pathways of patient management. In doing so there is a need for appropriate training and governance to support staff moving into these new forms of practice.

The MSK core capabilities document, developed by Health Education England (HEE) and in collaboration with numerous national bodies, outlines the expected clinical capabilities that a competent clinician should be able to demonstrate when working as an FCP in primary care. NHS England has made a number of proposals in how expanding the primary care workforce and using the wider clinical community will not only improve the support for primary care, but also get the right patient seeing the right clinician at the right time.

In order to meet the training needs for this group of clinicians, HEE funded the development of a training package of e-learning sessions to support primary care practice in MSK. The package is intended as a resource to support clinical competency assessment and sign off through a clinical training programme. The package provides eight sessions that look to take the learner through a range of particular primary care issues that are commonly seen as part of a MSK FCP assessment.

Created:

11 Jul 2019

Last Major Update:

11 Jul 2019

Keywords:

MSK core capabilities, MSK, mental health, sepsis, primary care, first contact practitioner, FCP, wellbeing, lifestyle, AHP, musculoskeletal