2nd ORUK advanced online course for paediatric MSK physiotherapists
Overview
Early bird rates available until 31 October 2025 – book now!
Following the popular and successful 1st course in 2022, we explore the latest developments in the key areas of children’s MSK practice. Based not on didactic lectures but on real case vignettes, we cover the new directions, novel concepts, and what we can learn from the recent literature and guidelines. We tackle the controversies, the red flags and the referral criteria, and encourage a common language and understanding between physiotherapists and paediatric orthopaedic surgeons (and others), to promote communication and collaboration so we can work together in the best interests of our young patients.
Suitable for all physiotherapists who see children as part of their caseload, this course will also be of interest to paediatric occupational therapists, orthotists, orthopaedic specialist nurses, orthopaedic surgeons and paediatricians.
By the end of the course, you will be confident in being up-to-date with the latest clinical concepts, red flags and referral criteria, as well as all the important national guidelines for children with MSK problems.
All sessions will be recorded, you will have access to all recorded sessions and be able to revisit these as and when you require.
Format
- 6 weekly online interactive webinars
- Expert panel consisting of paediatric orthopaedic surgeons and invited guest paediatric physiotherapists
- Focus on illustrative cases to introduce the learning points and hacks to making sound clinical decisions
- Concluding “round-table” discussion of cases, controversies and challenges, with questions posed by delegates
- Pre-and post-webinar reading material consisting of recent quality review articles and national guidelines where appropriate
- Opportunity for delegates to submit their own cases for discussion
Programme
Each weekly webinar will last approximately 120 minutes, broadcast live on a Monday from 19:00 to 21:00 (GMT)
- Week 1: 12 January – Flatfeet in children – who needs surgery?
- Week 2: 19 January – When “Normal Variants” aren’t so normal
- Week 3: 26 January – Hip Dysplasia for physios and surgeons – who does what?
- Week 4: 2 February – Lower limb deformity – when to wait and when to act
- Week 5: 9 February – Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis – why do we still miss it?
- Week 6: 16 February – Limb length discrepancy – modern treatment, and who needs it
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66 spaces remainingWeek 1: Flatfeet in children – who needs surgery?Location Online
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61 spaces remainingWeek 2: When “Normal Variants” aren’t so normalLocation Online
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70 spaces remainingWeek 3: Hip dysplasia for physios and surgeons – who does what?Location Online
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67 spaces remainingWeek 4: Lower limb deformity – when to wait and when to actLocation Online
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68 spaces remainingWeek 5: Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis – why do we still miss it?Location Online
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67 spaces remainingWeek 6: Limb length discrepancy – modern treatment, and who needs itLocation Online
Convenors:
Mr Michail Kokkinakis
Honorary Reader (Associate Professor) in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, King’s College London & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Michail is the Head of Adolescent Hip Preservation Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. His additional subspecialty interests include the modern management of orthopaedic conditions in children with Cerebral Palsy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, as well as the treatment of complex paediatric foot pathologies.
He completed his medical degree at the University of Frankfurt in Germany and has undertaken specialist fellowship training at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Glasgow, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.
Michail is a member of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS), the British Society for Surgery in Cerebral Palsy (BSSCP), and the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS). He currently serves as Chair of the Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway for South East England.
Mr Gavin Spence
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Gavin Spence is a full time Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. His particular clinical interest is in external fixation and limb deformity correction. Prior to this he was a consultant for King’s College Hospital London (Dubai) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, treating children with a variety of tertiary paediatric orthopaedic conditions including neuromuscular pathology. He trained in London and Cambridge, with fellowships in Great Ormond Street, Stanmore, and Adelaide.