Empower Your Practice: Free Expert-Led Course on Paediatric Chronic Pain

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Chronic musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents presents unique clinical challenges, from navigating diagnostic uncertainty to managing lower limb conditions.

To address this critical gap in care, a brand-new online course has been developed as part of funded research and led by Professor Cylie Williams at Monash University, School of Primary and Allied Health Care.

For a limited time, health professionals can access this comprehensive training entirely free of charge.

Why Enrol?

Funded by the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), this course is designed by leading clinical experts to strengthen your knowledge, clinical confidence, and communication strategies when supporting young patients living with persistent pain.

  • Flexible Learning: Fully online and self-paced to fit around your clinical schedule.

  • Evidence-Based Content: Grounded in the latest pain science and paediatric care research.

  • Professional Recognition: Includes a Certificate of Completion upon finishing the core modules.

What the Course Covers

The curriculum is split into flexible core modules and targeted condition-specific learning:

Core Modules (7 Hours)

  • Pain Science Foundations: Understanding the mechanisms of paediatric chronic pain.

  • Assessment Strategies: Tailored techniques for children and adolescents.

  • Effective Communication: Navigating sensitive conversations with patients and families.

  • Myth-Busting & Diagnostic Uncertainty: Managing complex presentations and unhelpful pain myths.

  • Medicines Management: Current guidelines on pharmacological approaches in paediatric pain.

Optional Condition-Specific Education (~10 Hours)

Deep-dive modules focusing directly on lower limb conditions and their relationship with chronic pain, including:

  • Flat feet

  • Avascular necrosis of the lower limb

  • Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE/SFCE)

  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

  • Joint hypermobility

  • Patellofemoral pain

  • Apophyseal injuries

  • Growing pains and more

Whether you are a podiatrist, physiotherapist, general practitioner, doctor in a paediatric or specialty training program or other allied health professional, this course provides practical tools to improve outcomes for children dealing with chronic pain.

Places under the funded scheme are available for a limited time.

To secure your free spot and start learning today, visit kidslegpain.au or follow the link to enrol:  https://monash.guroo.academy/enrol/mnhs_kidslegpain_2026