Physio Academy

Includes CPD Certificate

Health screening is important to help identify modifiable lifestyle factors that may help prevent the development of chronic, non-communicable diseases, and to identify patients whose symptoms may be part of a systemic medical condition. 

In this lesson, we cover:

• Health guidelines for alcohol, tobacco and physical activity.
• Health risk factors.
• Atypical signs & symptoms.
• Review of body systems.
• Health screening processes in the clinic setting.

Learning Activities:

• Pre-reading articles (4)
• Video presentation (22 mins)
• Quiz

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Discuss evidence-informed health guidelines for alcohol. tobacco and physical activity.
• List and describe the health risk factors for medical conditions that cause shoulder and upper limb referred pain.
• List and describe atypical signs & symptoms that may indicate the presence of a non-musculoskeletal pain source of symptoms and specific medical conditions.
• List key features of main body system involvement in medical conditions.
• Understand the optimum methods of patient health screening.

Study Time:
Approx. 4 hours