title: Building multidisciplinary health workforce capacity to support the implementation of integrated, people-centred Models of Care for musculoskeletal health.
abstract: To address the burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, a competent health workforce is required to support the implementation of MSK models of care. Funding is required to create employment positions with resources for service delivery and training a fit-for-purpose workforce. Training should be aligned to define "entrustable professional activities", and include collaborative skills appropriate to integrated and people-centred care and supported by shared education resources. Greater emphasis on educating MSK healthcare workers as effective trainers of peers, students and patients is required. For quality, efficiency and sustainability of service delivery, education and research capabilities must be integrated across disciplines and within the workforce, with funding models developed based on measured performance indicators from all three domains. Greater awareness of the societal and economic burden of MSK conditions is required to ensure that solutions are prioritised and integrated within healthcare policies from local to regional to international levels. These healthcare policies require consumer engagement and alignment to social, economic, educational and infrastructure policies to optimise effectiveness and efficiency of implementation.
authors.affiliation: Chair International MSK Musculoskeletal Education Task Force Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health of the Bone and Joint Decade (GMUSC), Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Level 4 Bice Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. Electronic address: mellick.chehade@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chehade
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Level 7, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: Graduate Education and Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON M2H 3J1, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kopansky-Giles
authors.affiliation: Prideaux Centre for Research in Health Professions Education, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schuwirth
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, 178 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karnon
authors.affiliation: Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Nurses Association, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Eleanor Harrald Building, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McLiesh
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Musculoskeletal Program, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alleyne
authors.affiliation: Bone and Joint Research Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Woolf
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Education; Integrated; Models of care; Musculoskeletal; People-centred; Workforce