MSK conference

We are pleased to announce that the highly successful MSK Conference will return to Therapy Expo on 22 and 23 November 2023 at the NEC Birmingham.

Brought to you by the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM), MSK Partners Network (MSKPN), and National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) who are working together in partnership, with the support of a number of MSK professions and subspecialities to put together another exciting programme.

Through leadership, commitment and collaborative working, we will build on our past successes to continue striving towards a sustainable and high-quality workforce to deliver MSK service transformation fit for the present and future.

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Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM)

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MSK Partners Network (MSKPN)

National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS)

Who is the conference for?

The conference is open to all professionals from different clinical settings who work in MSK, such as:

MSK physiotherapists at all levels from the start of career right up to consultant level practice
AHPs such as podiatrists, nurses, paramedics, dietitians, occupational therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors
First contact practitioners (FCPs)
Advanced practice practitioners (APPs)
Medical doctors such as Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) doctors, GPs with an MSK extended role, rheumatologists, pain specialists, or
Those who have an interest in MSK and keen to join the workforce.
Orthopaedic surgeons

The two-day programme is designed to suit a wide range of MSK clinicians with different levels of experience and from different specialities.
The content is relevant from fledgling clinicians just starting out in their careers all the way through to consultant level practitioners.

Conference overview

Last year we focused on ‘Raising our Standards’ in the context of the integration of professions and sub-specialities to deliver co-produced gold standard personalised care for those with MSK conditions.

This year our theme of ‘Working Together’ will build on bringing the multi-disciplinary MSK professions and sub-specialties together to demonstrate how integrated care across the healthcare system, with NHS and independent sectors in synergy, can transform MSK care ensuring that what matters most to the service user is at the heart and centre of our focus. By learning from each other and sharing our knowledge, skills, and interests, we aim to create a platform for high quality improvement and transformation in MSK services.

This exciting two-day national MSK and multi-professional conference aims to bring the MSK communities together and share some of the latest and most relevant topics in MSK service strategies, national policy updates, clinical, education, MSK leadership, development opportunities and research. This will also be a great opportunity for networking and meeting others MSK colleagues in person. The conference will be hosted at Birmingham NEC, and is open to all MSK clinicians of different settings as part of a multi professional workforce.

The structure of the two day conference

This two-day conference will feature four keynote lectures and twelve breakout sessions on a wide range of clinical themes, notable MSK developments, policy updates, MSK workshops, complex clinical reasonings, and MSK leadership.

We have a number of highly qualified multi-professional MSK experts to share their extensive knowledge, experience, and the most recent advancements in MSK in both the NHS and the independent health care sectors. There will also be poster presentations that are related to our conference topic, "Working Together."

The conference will run alongside Therapy Expo. Delegates will be granted a VIP delegate status and have an opportunity to access both MSK conference and Therapy Expo, at no extra cost.

What's the poster presentation?

This is an exciting opportunity to present a poster submission related to the MSK conference 2023 theme of 'Working Together' and how 'working together' results in enhanced outcomes for service users, multi-professional development, services, or organisations.

The poster presentation winners will be invited to present their work at the conference. More information about the submission guidelines and evaluation will be provided shortly.

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