Risk management of musculoskeletal disorders
This course is offered as a professional development opportunity for physiotherapists in occupational health.
In this one-day highly interactive course, participants will gain an understanding of risk management principles and risk control measures, hazardous manual tasks assessment and analysis, and good work design.
Participants will also gain knowledge of commonly used risk assessment tools, and how to conduct a risk assessment. Participants will explore these topics through a mix of presentations, group discussions, case studies and scenarios.
Registrations are now closed. Please contact sa.branch@australian.physio for assistance.
Learning outcomes
- Describe and understand the principles of risk management and undertake a basic risk assessment
- Develop a working level of understanding of hazardous manual tasks assessment and analysis
- Discuss some common misconceptions of manual handling and the evidence for or against
- Describe the various risk assessment tools and when they could be used
- Undertake a risk assessment and use two different tools
- Understand the principles of good work design and how they can be used in the prevention of injury and optimising health
- Discuss report writing
Prerequisites
- This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists