Course Content
๐Ÿง  Theme I โ€” Aching Bones
๐Ÿง  Theme II โ€” Joint Stiffness
๐Ÿง  Theme III โ€” Muscle Weakness and Trauma
๐Ÿง  Theme IV โ€” Skin Rash and Itching
Musculoskeletal System (MSK) Module โ€” 3rd Year MBBS

๐Ÿ“˜Step 1. Curriculum Coverage

๐ŸŒ Community Medicine

Accidents and Their Prevention

  • Describe the types and mechanisms of accidents.
  • Explain accident prevention using Haddonโ€™s model.
  • Describe road-traffic accidents.
  • Classify the different types of road-traffic accidents and associated injuries.
  • Compare the burden of road-traffic accidents in developed countries with that in developing countries such as Pakistan.
  • List and explain the risk factors for road-traffic accidents.
  • Explain effective public-health strategies used at individual and national levels to prevent road-traffic accidents.

โš–๏ธ Forensic Medicine

Transportation Accidents

  • Discuss injuries sustained by:
    • Drivers
    • Front-seat occupants
    • Rear-seat occupants
  • Discuss spinal injuries, including:
    • Whiplash injury
    • Railway spine
  • Explain railway injuries and their medicolegal significance.
  • Discuss air-crash accidents.

๐Ÿ”ช Orthopedics โ€” Emergency Limb and Spinal Care

  • Explain the emergency treatment of an injured limb.
  • Explain emergency immobilization of the neck, spinal column and limbs.
  • Describe the basic principles of cast application.
  • Discuss the complications of cast application.
  • Discuss the principles of the three-point pressure system in a cast.

๐Ÿ”น Orthopedics โ€” Soft-Tissue and Spinal Injuries

  • Describe common ligament and tendon injuries and advise appropriate management.
  • Recognize common spinal fractures and describe their appropriate initial management.

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