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 EvansRegistered 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.