Is Manual Therapy SAFE? Clinical & Medico-Legal Issues
| Scheduled Courses |
| 04 Jul - 04 Jul 2008 |
AECC, Bournemouth, Dorset |
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Tutor: Senior Clinical Practice & Research Professionals
Duration: 1 day(s)
Course Description:
Conference flyer (pdf) click here + booking form (pdf) click here
1. The Legal Framework
- Consent/Duty of Care
- Confidentiality
- Documentation
- The importance of accurate records.
Paul Grant, Solicitor BSG +Reg Osteopath. Regularly represents chiropractors and Osteopaths before their disciplinary panels
2. Cervical Arterial Dysfunction – Background and Clinical Presentations
- Pathophysiology + structural mechanisms of blood flow in the head and neck
- Clinical decision making – how to incorporate cervico-cranial evidence based information
- Discussion on the relevance of cervico-cranial information
- The scope of clinical practice and professional responsibility
Alan Taylor, Lecturer/Course Director, University of Nottingham
3. Risks from Spinal Manipulation - A Biomechanical Perspective
- Adverse effects associated with spinal manipulation
- The biomechanics of spinal manipulation
- Current models and mechanisms of action
Dr David Evans, Registered Osteopath and Researcher. Keele University and the British School of Osteopathy
4. Cervical Manipulation - Recent Disciplinary Rulings
- Risk assessment - evaluating the benefit to risk ratio
- Recent disciplinary rulings - how panels assess your practice
- Statutory standards of proficiency + codes of practice – their impact on consent and duty of care in chiropractic
Mr Kevin Grant, Chiropractor sitting on GCC disciplinary panels, Birmingham
Who Can Attend:
An essential one day seminar for all healthcare professionals (Dr’s, GP’s nurses, physios, osteopaths and chiropractors). Hear the very latest medico-legal and clinical update to safeguard your practice in the increasingly litigious field of today’s healthcare.