Strengthen your clinical confidence in evaluating and managing common lower extremity musculoskeletal conditions in primary care.
This comprehensive online course focuses on the hip, knee, ankle, and foot — areas frequently encountered in primary care, urgent care, and outpatient settings. Designed for clinicians who want clearer diagnostic reasoning and stronger examination skills, the course emphasizes safe, evidence-based management of stable, non-surgical conditions.
Grounded in practical primary care application, this course equips you with skills you can apply immediately to improve patient outcomes and streamline referrals.
This comprehensive online course focuses on the hip, knee, ankle, and foot — areas frequently encountered in primary care, urgent care, and outpatient settings. Designed for clinicians who want clearer diagnostic reasoning and stronger examination skills, the course emphasizes safe, evidence-based management of stable, non-surgical conditions.
Grounded in practical primary care application, this course equips you with skills you can apply immediately to improve patient outcomes and streamline referrals.
Who this course is for
This course is ideal for:
- Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and APRNs
- Physicians and other advanced practice providers
- Clinicians practicing in primary care, urgent care, or outpatient settings
- Providers seeking deeper competence in hip, knee, ankle, and foot evaluation
What makes this course different
Developed by experienced orthopedic nurse practitioners and educators, this course reflects how lower extremity complaints present in everyday clinical practice — not in isolation, but within the complexity of real patients and time-constrained visits.
You’ll strengthen your ability to:
You’ll strengthen your ability to:
- Perform focused lower extremity examinations efficiently
- Apply specialized maneuvers to refine differential diagnoses
- Identify stable fractures appropriate for primary care management
- Recognize orthopedic emergencies requiring immediate referral
- Develop structured, evidence-based treatment plans
What you'll learn
Lower Extremity
Arthritis & inflammatory conditions
- Lower extremity anatomy in relation to hip, knee, ankle, and foot dysfunction
- Components of a focused lower extremity history and systematic physical examination
- Presentation of specialized maneuvers for differential diagnosis
- Indications for diagnostic imaging and other tests for lower extremity conditions
- Identification of common stable hip, knee, ankle and foot fractures
- Identification of orthopedic emergencies requiring immediate referral
- Development of evidence-based treatment plans for common lower extremity conditions
- Principles for self-management of common hip, knee, ankle and foot conditions
Arthritis & inflammatory conditions
- Details of the H&P pertinent to evaluating arthritic/ inflammatory conditions
- Formulating differential diagnoses based on findings of the H&P
- Recognizing arthritic/inflammatory emergencies requiring immediate consultation
- Developing evidence-based treatment and self-care plans
Practical impact
After completing this course, clinicians report:
- Greater confidence evaluating hip, knee, ankle, and foot complaints
- Improved differentiation between inflammatory and mechanical conditions
- Clearer referral thresholds for urgent pathology
- More effective patient education and shared decision-making
- Stronger integration of MSK care into everyday primary care practice
Course format and access
- 65 hours of self-paced online learning
- Readings, videos, assignments, and clinical evaluation
- Access details sent within 24–48 hours of purchase
- CE credits nationally recognized and ANCC-accredited