Title: FCER Workshop in Boston

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Section/SPIG: Chiropractic Health Care

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Establish an Evidence-Based Chiropractic Practice —
FCER is Teaching How

There is a movement within health care to provide “evidence-based care” — the most appropriate, effective, and safest care as currently understood by research. The strength of that movement is apparent by the recently awarded grant from the National Institutes of Health to Western States Chiropractic College intended, in part, to foster the basis for evidence-based practices.

Do you know what you will need to do to provide such care? Are you able to justify your treatment methods with published research when questioned by medical colleagues or third party payors? Do you see how the ability to rapidly provide this information would positively affect practice by encouraging referrals and speeding reimbursement? Are you interested in developing such a practice but you just aren’t sure how to start?

In an effort to nurture evidence-based chiropractic practices, the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) has coordinated a series of workshops — collectively titled “Translating Evidence Into Practice” — that will allow the attending practitioner to:

  • Understand Clinical Research by Design

    • With Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD; Howard Vernon, DC; Egilius Spierings, MD

  • Retrieve Literature, Use Internet Resources, and Efficiently Document Techniques

    • With Ronald Rupert, DC; Anthony L. Rosner, PhD

  • Understand Basic Research Tools — From Statistics to Reporting Clinical Observations

    • With Todd Nick, PhD; and Dana Lawrence, DC

  • Recognize Practical Issues — from the Practitioner’s Perspective

    • With Ronald Evans, DC; George McClelland DC; and Charles Herring, DC

  • Improve Integrative Care and Outreach Efforts, Document Prevention and Maintenance

    • With Karen Erickson, DC; Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD; Lisa Killinger, DC; and Stephen Perle, DC


The Translating Evidence Into Practice workshop will be held Dec. 3-4, 2005, at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport. The first such workshop, held December 2004 on the campus of Southern California University of Health Sciences, was very well received. Still, this new version has been improved upon with the additional perspective provided by chiropractic clinicians who are successfully operating evidence-based practices themselves.

FCER is able to offer registration at the low rate of $249 (FCER members receive discounts depending on membership level — please see the FCER Web site for details). For more information on this unique experience for improving practice patterns, skills, and communication with colleagues and patients, please visit <www.fcer.org>. Included on the Web site are workshop details and speaker information. You may also register online via FCER’s secure site.