MSc/PgDip/PgCert Trauma and Orthopaedics

Delivery is by full-time (one year) and part-time attendance (three years) at the University. A programme of formal lectures, case discussion seminars and workshops, together with online learning is delivered to students by a team of orthopaedic consultants, radiologists, advanced therapists and other specialists. Attendance is approximately five to six days per module with distance on-line learning released weekly and live webinars. Both full and part-time students are taught together.

All supportive material from the taught days is recorded on our virtual learning environment, Blackboard.

Each of the three clinical modules, upper limb, lower limb, and spinal, covers the advanced assessment and differential diagnosis of orthopaedic and sports-related disorders, including pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative surgery management and rehabilitation strategies.

For those attending full-time, additional observational placements are an integral part of the course. These are arranged for specialist areas of spinal orthopaedics, upper limb orthopaedics and lower limb orthopaedics. Placements are offered in key orthopaedic departments and sports clubs.

Research skills sessions are integrated throughout the course.

Assessment

This course allows for a variety of assessments, depending on

the module you will be undertaking and can include:

• Written assignments
• Objective structured clinical examination
  
• Case presentation/study
• Literature review
  
• Objective structured clinical examination
• Assignment
  

Staff Profile

This course is unique in that it is taught by a team of enthusiastic experts in orthopaedics, who are nationally and internationally renowned.

These include:

Professor Len Funk

Len Funk is a Professor at the University and is clinical lead of the MSc Trauma and Orthopaedics course at Salford. He is a Consultant Shoulder and Upper Limb Surgeon based at Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Trust with a private practice based in Manchester. He has  strong research and educational interests and expertise.

He specialises in arthroscopic (keyhole) and minimally invasive surgery of the shoulder.

In addition to his surgical qualifications, Prof Funk has a BSc in Sports Physiology and an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering, His special interests include shoulder dislocations, frozen shoulder, arthritis, and sports injuries of the shoulder. He has performed surgery in the UK and across Europe and routinely treats elite and professional athletes, particularly contact sport professionals and rugby players who have suffered shoulder injuries.

Mr Mike Walton

BMedSci(Hons), BMBS, MSc(SEM), FRCS(Tr & Orth)

Consultant Shoulder and Trauma Surgeon

Mike is on the specialist register for Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. He has worked with some of the world’s leading pioneers in tendon pathology at the University of Western Australia. He was involved in the management of athletes and elite soldiers and developed his keyhole and open surgery techniques.

Mr Adam Watts

MBBS, BSc, FRCS (Tr. And Orth.)

Consultant Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon

Adam is a Fellowship Trained Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon on the Specialist Register. His research areas include anatomy, elbow replacement and elbow instability

Dr Mike Stone

MBChB, MRCP, DRCOG, DipSportsMed, FFSEM(I), FFSEM(UK)

Dr Stone has experience of treating elite and recreational athletes from many different sports over the last 13 years and has worked as:

Principal in General Practice

Part-time Club Doctor Manchester United

Full-time Club Doctor

Sports Physician English Institute of Sport

Resident Physician Wellness International

Doctor for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)    

Mr Tim Clough

 

Mr Clough is Consultant Foot, Ankle and Knee Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Wrightington Hospital. BSc(Hons) St Andrews University, MB ChB Manchester University, FRCS (Tr & Orth) London, Diploma Biomechanics Strathclyde University.  Arthroscopic Sports Medicine Fellowship, Canada.  British Orthopaedic Foot Ankle Society Fellowship.

Speciality areas:

Ankle Arthroscopy, Ankle and Hindfoot arthritis, Ankle replacement surgery, Surgical management rheumatoid foot, Hallux valgus, Arthroscopic knee surgery, Knee replacement surgery 

Mr David Sochart

Qualifications MB ChB, FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Tr & Orth), MD

Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon

Specialist in Surgery of the Hip and Knee at The Manchester Arthroplasty Unit, North Manchester General Hospital and Honorary Professor at the School of Health, Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, Salford University.

Lead clinician for the Lower Limb Module of the MSc in Orthopaedis and Trauma and host of National and International courses on Primary and Revision Hip and Knee arthroplasty.  

Mr Phil Turner

Qualifications MB ChB (Hons), FRCS, FRCSEd, FFSEM(UK)

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport

Phil Turner specialises in all aspects of knee surgery including arthroscopy, primary and revision ligament reconstruction, articular cartilage repair, osteotomy, unicompartmental and total joint replacement and revision arthroplasty.

Phil has always had an interest in medical education and has previously been specialty advisor and programme director in Orthopaedics and is now Head of the School of Surgery in the North Western Postgraduate Deanery.    

Susan Buttress

Susan is Senior Lecturer at the University and Course Leader for the MSc Trauma and Orthopaedics. Having worked as a physiotherapist both in the NHS and the private sector, she completed her MPhil in 2001 and her MA (Healthcare Law) in 2006. Her interests lie in postgraduate education, research and development.