The quality of the care offered to patients depends in part on the advancement of knowledge and its alignment with patient needs. Several of the Initiative’s projects are therefore aimed at supporting professionals in the continuous improvement of their surgical practices in order to provide care that is increasingly adapted to the needs of families. Ultimately, these practices will allow caregivers to personalize their approach, hence enabling patients and families to feel more supported and enjoy a more streamlined care experience. Surgery-related research and training projects are therefore being developed within MUSCO.
Training Plan — MEDICAL Component
Project leaders
The project
Coordinate training plans for partner institutions
MUSCO Strategic Goal
Leverage the knowledge of professionals who will be treating the next generation of patients
Project Objectives
Progress Report
MUSCO supports and develops various training programs designed to assist professionals in their medical practices.
Initially, the training plan consisted of supporting the practical component of the SPORC (Sainte-Justine Pediatric Orthopaedic Review Course), which is intended for all orthopaedic residents in Canada, including participants from the four partner pediatric centers. The practical component of this training, the post-SPORC, is intended for orthopaedic residents with speakers from the various MUSCO partner institutions.
Another training course was added: a conference offered to 1st line professionals to recognize situations and diagnoses requiring referral to orthopedics.
SPORC POST-COURSE 2020 (Cancelled due to the pandemic)
This annual course on lower limb deformity correction basics for community orthopedic surgeons and residents was cancelled due to sanitary constraints.
SPORC POST-COURSE 2021 (Getting back to basics in orthopedic surgery: Limb alignment)
For this training, the objective of which was to go beyond the theoretical aspect, the inability to gather participants together in the same physical space led to its cancellation in 2020. The teams nevertheless managed to find ways to reinvent the program and take it virtual in 2021.
SPORC POST-COURSE 2022 (Cancelled)
This annual lower limb deformity correction course for community orthopaedic surgeons and residents has been cancelled.
A MUSCO-SPORC collaboration (Frontline Pediatric Orthopedic Day)
Following exchanges between one of the MUSCO working groups working on the subject and the SPORC (Sainte-Justine Pediatric Orthopaedic Review Cours) working group, which had the same ambition, the idea of a frontline pediatric orthopedic day took shape with a program that was thought out by a merged MUSCO-SPORC working committee.
More than 300 professionals (general practitioners, nurses, pediatricians, residents and rehabilitation professionals) with an interest in pediatric orthopedics registered to update themselves and/or learn more about the musculoskeletal problems frequently encountered in newborns, children and adolescents.
Front-line pediatric orthopedics (COMING SOON)
A new course is being planned: Frontline Pediatric Orthopedics – Common musculoskeletal problems in the newborn, child and adolescent
Some of the topics being considered are: foot deformities at birth, flat feet, angular deformities, hip clicks at birth, septic arthritis of the knee and hip, hip problems in childhood and adolescence, spinal deformities, the limping child, bumps and swells, limb length discrepancies, sports injuries.