This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only

Train your team: Muscle & joint pain

People & team training bookmark icon off

Train your team: Muscle & joint pain

Training your team and ensuring everyone’s knowledge is up-to-date are important CPD triggers for you. We suggest that you get the team together for a training session based on the activities below and discuss the various ways in which you can offer customers and patients added care in this category.

Subject: Muscle & joint pain

This Train Your Team checklist provides support and information to run a team training session on muscle and joint pain. This content can also be used for your own CPD.

Reflection

  • Is the pharmacy team fully trained on the indications and benefits of all products for muscle and joint pain?
  • How are pain relief products (oral and topical) displayed in the pharmacy?
  • Do we make the most of the potential for linked sales (e.g. oral and topical analgesics, food supplements, complementary therapies, support bandages)
  • Am I up to date with the latest guidance on osteoarthritis from NICE? 
  • Am I aware which preparations NICE recommends first-line?
  • Are we clear on when to use heat and when to use cold treatment in cases of joint injury?

Training checklist

Ensure support staff understand the following key points:

  • The causes of joint pain, including the various types of injury and arthritis
  • What types of joint pain can be considered for management in the pharmacy
  • Which customers should be referred to the pharmacist
  • The appropriate use of hot and cold in cases of joint injury
  • The use of the PRICE method
  • The importance of not taking certain oral analgesics for longer than three days without referral
  • Questions to ask the customer
  • The role of dietary supplements (e.g. fish oils, glucosamine, chondroitin).

I will:

  • Study the NICE guidelines on osteoarthritis
  • Train my pharmacy assistants to ensure that they can meet the points in this training checklist and consider this training exercise for inclusion in my CPD record.
Copy Link copy link button

People & team training

Share: