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AFMC National Clinical Skills

Musculoskeletal Examination

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MSK Clinical Skills
Clinical Skills Practice Sessions

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine)
Watching a Video

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Ryan Smith MF4 MSK
Tutorial

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 1

Joshua Song MF4 MSK
Tutorial

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 1

Hip and Knee Pain
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 1

Shoulder and Elbow Pain
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 2

Introduction to Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics
Active Large Group Session

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 2

Wrist, Hand and Ankle, Foot Pain
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 3

Back Pain, GALS Exam
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine / Week 4

Knee Pain in the ER
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 5 / Integration Foundation / Host Defense and Neoplasia / Week 1

Assessments

Objectives

Detect the difference between bony and soft tissue swelling.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Elicit tenderness around a joint.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Elicit temperature around a joint.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Detect synovitis.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Have an awareness of the difference between active and passive movements.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform passive and active movements at all relevant joints.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Detect a loss of full extension and a loss of full flexion.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess gait.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Correctly use the terms varus and valgus.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess limb reflexes routinely when examining the spine and in other relevant circumstances.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Have an understanding of the term subluxation.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Where appropriate examine neurological and vascular systems when assessing a problematic joint (check for intact sensation and peripheral pulses).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess leg length with a tape measure when assessing for a real leg length discrepancy.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Make qualitative assessment of movement (not joint end feel but features such as cog-wheeling).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess the median and ulnar nerves.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Be able to localize tenderness within the joints of the hand (palpate each small joint of the hand if necessary).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess power grip.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess pincer grip in the hand.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Make a functional assessment of the hand such as holding a cup.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Correctly use the term "Heberden's nodes".
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform Phalen's test.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Detect a painful arc* and frozen shoulder*
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Make a functional assessment of the shoulder (can they put their hands behind their head and back?).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform external/internal rotation of the shoulder with the elbow flexed to 90 degrees and held in against the patient's side.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Examine a patient's shoulder from behind for scapular movement.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess the acromio-clavicular joint (by palpation alone).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Palpate for tenderness over the epicondyles of the elbow.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Palpate for tenderness over the greater trochanter of the hip.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform internal and external rotation of the hip with it flexed to 90 degrees.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform Trendelenberg's test.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform Thomas' test.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Detect an effusion at the knee.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform a patellar tap.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Demonstrate cross fluctuation or the bulge sign when looking for a knee effusion.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Test for collateral ligament stability in the knee.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Use the anterior draw test to assess anterior cruciate ligament stability in the knee.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Examine the sole of a patient's feet.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Recognise hallux valgus, claw and hammer toes.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess a patient's feet with them standing.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess for flat feet (including the patient standing on tip toes).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Recognize hind foot/heel pathologies.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess plantar and dorsi-flexion of the ankle.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess movements of inversion and eversion of the foot.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess the sub-talar joint.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Perform a lateral squeeze across the metatarsophalangeal joints.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess flexion/extension of the big toe.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Examine a patient's footwear.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Palpate the spinous processes.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess lateral and forward flexion of the lumbar spine (using fingers not tape measure).
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

Assess thoracic rotation with the patient sitting.
General Objectives

Part 4 / Medical Foundation 4 / Musculoskeletal Medicine

The student will build on their basic science, physiology, and clinical examination skills as it pertains to the structure and function the bones, joints, muscle, and connective tissues.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

Understand new history and physical examination techniques to formulate a differential diagnosis.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation

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