Course Details

Understanding patients’ health and comorbidities can be greatly assisted by understanding the medications patients take. This module helps practitioners understand medication lists & focuses on the most relevant medications for chiropractors.

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    ECU Lockdown Series - Researchers Series 1 with Cecilie K. Øverås, Casper Glissmann Nim and Mark Thomas[CPD 1 pt/hr]

    • ECU Lockdown Series - Researchers Series 1 with Cecilie K. Øverås, Casper Glissmann Nim and Mark Thomas [CPD 1 pt/hr]

    • ECU Lockdown Series - Researchers Series 1 with Cecilie K. Øverås, Casper Glissmann Nim and Mark Thomas[CPD 1 pt/hr]

Course Learning Outcomes

Applied Clinical Pharmacology for the Chiropractor

By the completion of the module, the practitioner will be able to;

1. To learn about the relationship between objectively measured physical behavior and neck and low back pain.

2. To get acquainted with the principles of changing pain sensitivity and biomechanics in relation to responder status in patients with chronic low back pain receiving SMT.

3. To be updated with the results of 10 years reporting on the online incident reporting and learning system.



CPD Hours/Points = 1

Instructor

Chiropractor

Mark Thomas

Mark qualified as a chiropractor in 2009 from the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic (University of South Wales) and worked for five years in private practice. Following his time in private practice, Mark worked as a rehabilitation consultant for a private medical insurance company setting up an advanced practitioner telephonic triage service. From 2016 to 2018, he led a multidisciplinary physical therapy team in a private hospital in Kent (KIMS Hospital). Mark qualified as a chiropractor in 2009 from the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic (University of South Wales) and worked for five years in private practice. Following his time in private practice, Mark worked as a rehabilitation consultant for a private medical insurance company setting up an advanced practitioner telephonic triage service. From 2016 to 2018, he led a multidisciplinary physical therapy team in a private hospital in Kent (KIMS Hospital). Mark joined London South Bank University (LSBU) in 2018 as a full time academic and is currently the Professional Lead and Course Director. At LSBU, Mark has been involved in the development and implementation of a new MChiro programme which saw its first cohort of students graduate in summer 2022. Mark is a part-time PhD student at LSBU investigating ‘attitudes and beliefs about manual therapy held by patients experiencing low back pain’. In addition, Mark is chair of the Chiropractic Patient Incident Reporting and Learning System (CPiRLS) development group at the Royal College of Chiropractors (RCC).

Chiropractor

Casper Glissmann Nim

Casper Glissmann Nim is a chiropractor from the University of Southern Denmark, holds a Ph.d. in “spinal manipulation and the application site”, and is currently employed as a chiropractor and senior researcher at the Spine Center of Southern Denmark.

PhD Fellow

Cecilie K. Øverås

Cecilie K. Øverås is a PhD Fellow at SDU, Denmark with place of duty at NTNU, Norway. She graduated from AECC, UK in 2000 and also holds a MSc in Diagnostic Ultrasound (MSK) from AECC (2015). The overall aim of her PhD is to determine the prevalence, patterns, consequences, and predictors of co-occurring musculoskeletal pain in adults reporting spinal pain based on data from the Norwegian HUNT Study. At NTNU she has had the opportunity to be involved with two EU-funded research projects- BackUP and selfBACK. She is announced as one of the new CARL II early career research fellows.

Instructor(s)

PhD Fellow

Cecilie K. Øverås

Cecilie K. Øverås is a PhD Fellow at SDU, Denmark with place of duty at NTNU, Norway. She graduated from AECC, UK in 2000 and also holds a MSc in Diagnostic Ultrasound (MSK) from AECC (2015). The overall aim of her PhD is to determine the prevalence, patterns, consequences, and predictors of co-occurring musculoskeletal pain in adults reporting spinal pain based on data from the Norwegian HUNT Study. At NTNU she has had the opportunity to be involved with two EU-funded research projects- BackUP and selfBACK. She is announced as one of the new CARL II early career research fellows.

Instructor(s)