Connective tissue, bone and joint disorders

Welcome to this Core Knowledge course on Connective tissue, bone and joint disorders.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• describe the clinical characteristics of various connective tissue disorders and establish differential diagnosis

           describe the:

• interaction of the immune system and pregnancy
• effects of pregnancy on each individual condition
• effects of each disease on the mother and fetus
• principles and safety of pharmacotherapy
• need for multidisciplinary team care for these groups of patients
• outline management principles prior to pregnancy and during pregnancy and perform pre-pregnancy counselling
• describe long-term implications for each condition