The Knee Course

Course Description:

The Knee course has a short lecture on the functional anatomy pearls for the knee joint. Then, the primary focus of the course is on the lab demonstration of how to examine the knee joint to rule in or out a traditional orthopedic injury and then how to examine for and treat somatic dysfunctions of the knee joint. The core manual medicine treatment modalities covered in this course are muscle energy, HVLA, strain-counterstrain and soft tissue techniques.

Target Audience:
For CME’s: DO’s, MD’s and other medical providers.

CME’s: 1.5

Videos: 5

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand functional anatomy of the knee joint.
2. Review how to examine the knee joint properly for an orthopedic injury and for somatic dysfunction.
3. Understand how to apply high velocity low amplitude, muscle energy, strain counterstrain, and soft tissue techniques to the tissues of the knee.

Approximate time to complete the Course:
The Knee Sub Course: 1.5 Hours. This includes watching the video course, practicing the technique, filling out an evaluation and taking the test.

Requirements for CME Credits:

1. Review course/videos
2. Practice techniques
3. Complete and pass post test (A maximum of 3 attempts allowed)
4. Submit evaluation
5. Once you have passed your test we will notify the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) of your completion of the course.

Faculty
Patricia E Murray, D.O,

BIO:
Dr. Patricia (Trish) Murray received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 1999 from UNECOM. Prior to medical school she was a high school teacher for ten years. She completed an osteopathic internship in 2000 at UCONN, followed by a traditional internal medicine residency at UCONN.  After residency she practiced primary care internal medicine along with Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine from 2003-2005, and then went on to become a specialist in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMMOMM).  She has taught CME courses in manual medicine for many years and has been asked numerous times to produce a video series that focuses on the lab demonstrations of the different manual medicine techniques taught at the live courses. Dr. Murray has primarily taught manual medicine CME courses at UNECOM in Biddeford, Maine.

CME Information:
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Accreditation Language for Jointly Sponsored
Manual Medicine Demo Series: The Knee Course

The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Maine Medical Association’s Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for medical providers.

The AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approved this online CME activity for a maximum of 1.5 hours of AOA Category 1-B CME credits. UNECOM designates this online CME activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.

Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. Upon verification by the activity organizer, the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine will submit the osteopathic credits to the AOA.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the AOA Standards of Accreditation and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Essential Areas and Policies through the joint sponsorship of University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and the T. Murray Wellness Center, Inc. UNECOM is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for medical providers.

Release Date: March 21, 2016
Expiration Date: March 20, 2022

Speaker Disclosure
The following speaker of this activity has indicated that she is the creator, sponsor, and benefactor of all in this Manual Medicine Demo series: Patricia E Murray D.O.