This workshop explores how success in MSK rehabilitation can be optimised across the patient pathway—from the initial consultation in primary care through to specialist rehabilitation planning. Grounded in evidence-informed practice, it will address communication, clinical reasoning, and rehabilitation specificity, while offering practical examples and tools for clinical application.

 

Part 1: Optimising the MSK Consultation in Primary Care

This session will explore how to structure a high-quality MSK consultation within an FCP context, aligned with the MACP FCP framework. Emphasis will be placed on clinical reasoning, shared decision-making, and how consultation skills can directly impact rehabilitation outcomes from the outset.

 

Part 2: Communicating Imaging Findings to Set Patients Up for Success

This session focuses on physiotherapists’ communication of imaging requests and findings in interface and secondary care settings. It will address clinical reasoning, expectation-setting, and language use, highlighting how this stage can either support or undermine effective rehabilitation engagement.

 

Part 3: Rehabilitation Specificity – Clinical Reasoning in Action

Drawing on real-world case studies, this session will explore the nuances of reasoning through and delivering tailored rehabilitation programmes. Particular focus will be given to how clinicians communicate progression, set appropriate goals, and make specificity actionable across complex presentations.