April 2006

Conference to put research in practices

A conference designed to improve the communication between chiropractic researchers and practicing chiropractors will be held in September in Chicago.

The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) will host the Conference on Chiropractic Research (CCR) on Sept. 15-16 at the Sofitel Hotel. This program will focus on the many ways research impacts practice as clinical speakers instruct attendees on how to do all of the above in the most efficient ways.

“The 21st Century may become known as the century of chiropractic entering into the age of accountability and interprofessional collaboration. These are desirable goals, but to be realized, the practicing doctor of chiropractic has to emerge from the comfortable cocoon and fly into the atmosphere of clinical research and its relevance to his or her daily practice,” said FCER President Vincent P. Lucido, DC.

“Chiropractors must have better communication with the research community; the research community must have better communication with the practicing chiropractors. The CCR is the first step towards that end. I am confident that attendees will return to their offices with information that will translate into practice,” said Lucido.

George B. McClelland, D.C., FCER vice president, said. “Healthcare has now entered a new era — the era of evidence-based care. This new era not only requires the chiropractic profession to have the research (the evidence based portion) that supports the care that we give, we also have to be able to show how we apply it with our clinical experience and to honor the preferences of the patients we treat.”

In addition to clinical speakers who will teach the application of research to practice, the conference will also feature two tracks devoted to the dissemination of original research.

More information on the 2006 Conference on Clinical Research is available online at www.fcer.org/CCR06/info.htm. Information may also be requested at 800-637-6244.

Source: Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Education, www.fcer.org

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