University of Otago
Postgraduate Musculoskeletal and Pain Programmes
Stand #2

PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8140
Contact: Rebekah Higgs
+64 3 364 1086 - rebekah.higgs@otago.ac.nz - www.otago.ac.nz/msm-painmanagement

DISTANCE LEARNING

University of Otago, Christchurch

Postgraduate - Musculoskeletal and Pain Management

Our qualifications, endorsed by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), can be completed entirely via distance learning.  




Topics covered include:

·        Introduction to Pain and Pain Management

·        Neurobiology of Pain

·        Biomedical Management of Pain

·        Psychosocial and Cultural aspects of Pain

·        Pain Assessment

·        Musculoskeletal Management

·        Regional Disorders – Spine and Limbs

·        Musculoskeletal Tissues and Disorders


Ten reasons to study with us:

1.      Study wherever you are via distance learning, both in New Zealand and internationally.

2.      We offer a broad range of paper topics covering the major areas of musculoskeletal and pain practice.

3.      We offer a qualification staircase approach: start with the Postgraduate Certificate, and add papers to earn a Diploma or Master’s.

4.      Our qualifications are the only New Zealand programmes in musculoskeletal and pain management.

5.      Teaching staff are active researchers and clinicians, encouraging rigour in clinical reasoning and using a strong evidence base.

6.      The programme structure allows flexibility to build your academic success while applying your knowledge in your daily clinical practice.

7.      Students develop research skills to build knowledge about musculoskeletal and pain problems within the New Zealand context.

8.      We run a truly inter-professional programme with staff and students from the likes of medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy and psychology.

9.      Students who have completed our qualifications offer specialist skills for their patients.

10.   As Otago students make use of the extensive facilities of the institution, which is New Zealand’s oldest and most research-intensive University.