Participants in this training will learn how to assess scoliosis patients and identify those who require referral to more experienced experts. The primary clinical justification for their choices will be taught to the students, along with the risk factors that must be considered and how to assess them. They will be given a thorough rundown of the primary therapy options and the conditions for which they are most appropriate. The best available evidence for each treatment should be known by our students, who should then manage their patients appropriately.
Three recorded lectures will open each module (which lasts for two weeks on average), after which the student will be advised to read related materials. The lectures are available for two weeks, so students can see them whenever they choose.
Additionally, each module includes discussion groups where members must actively and pro-actively engage in order to explore the issues raised.
The instructor will summarise the information covered during the live lectures at the conclusion of each module and invite students to share their opinions on any contentious topics. Additionally, live chats are available for participant interaction, and polls are available for voting on suggested treatment alternatives and clinical case decision-making.
The initial module will be made available on January 23th, 2025
Program Edition 2025
Module 1
- Introduction to the Course
- Clinical evaluation
- Radiographic evaluation
- Modern evaluation tools
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 6/2/2025
Module 2
- Aetiology
- Biomechanics
- Sagittal balance
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 20/2/2025
Module 3
- Natural history
- Classification and treatment approach
- Bracing evidence
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 6/3/2025
Module 4
- Clinical Guidelines to treatment
- Boston brace
- Lyon brace
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 20/3/2025
Module 5
- Therapeutic protocols
- ART brace
- PASB
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 3/4/2025
Module 6
- Mixed Clinical Cases
- Rigo Cheneau System
- SPoRT concept – 1
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 17/4/2025
Module 7
- SpineCor Brace
- Secondary scoliosis
- SPoRT concept – 2
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 8/5/2025
Module 8
- Early-onset scoliosis
- Surgery
- SPoRT concept – 3
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 22/5/2025
Module 9
- PSSE: actual evidence
- Exercise schools
- SEAS – 1
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 5/6/2025
Module 10
- Schroth method
- Barcelona school
- SEAS – 2
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 26/6/2025
Module 11
- Adult scoliosis
- Adult idiopathic scoliosis: evaluation and therapeutic choices
- SEAS – 3
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 10/7/2025
Module 12
- Adult idiopathic scoliosis: conservative treatment
- Adult idiopathic scoliosis: surgical treatment
- Psychological impact of scoliosis on adults
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 24/7/2025
Module 13 - Summer Break
- Patient perspective
The Live appointments after the summer break need to be re-confirmed again
Module 14
- Screening
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 4/9/2025
Module 15
- LBP and deformities
- Discussion Group sessions
Live session: 18/9/2025
Module 16
- Idiopathic scoliosis: psychological issues
- Discussion Group sessions
Final exam: 2/10/2025 - 2/11/2025
Final Live session: 16/10/2025 Conclusion and Take-Home-Messages given by the Teaching Staff
Live sessions: 1pm - 2pm Rome local time - Please take into account time differences due to local daylight-saving time in your country and in Italy
Lectures are delivered using the Vimeo video streaming platform
