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Virginia Continuing Education Requirements: 60 hours biennially during your birth month.
Virginia Accepts 60 hours of Online and/or TeleSeminar Continuing Education Courses

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Ethics and Aging 207 : What Do We Do Now? Abuse, Neglect, and Self-Neglect
1.0

Richard Saporito, DC

$20.00 USD

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  • Define elder abuse, neglect and self-neglect
  • Describe the “expressive – collaborative” model of approaching ethics
  • Compare and contrast the classical definition of autonomy with “actual autonomy”
  • Explain how remaining in an abusive / neglectful environment may constitute the best alternative for an individual

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics and Aging 208 : Alzheimer's Disease and an Ethics of Solidarity
1.0

Richard Saporito, DC

$20.00 USD

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  • Cite the historical perspective on senility
  • Describe how the pervasive bioethical viewpoint affects the experience of people with dementia
  • Explain the concepts of dignity
  • Compare and contrast various definitions of dignity relative to those with dementia

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics and Aging 209 : Beyond Rational Control: Caring at the End of Life
1.0

Richard Saporito, DC

$20.00 USD

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  • List the foundational assumptions that define advance care planning in the United States
  • Differentiate hospice care from palliative care
  • Describe the issues that arise when individual choice is the main focus of advance care planning
  • Explain how the modern culture of medicine influences end – of – life care
  • Compare and contrast the current approach towards end – of – life care with the authors. “bottom up,” approach

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics and Aging 210 : Aging and Disasters - Facing Natural and Other Disasters
1.0

Richard Saporito, DC

$20.00 USD

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  • Cite examples of how the elderly have been marginalized during disasters
  • Define what is meant by the “axes of susceptibility”
  • Identify the ethical obligation to the elderly during major disasters
  • Describe how planning, communication and coordination is an ethical imperative in disasters
  • Explain the concept of “place holding,” and how it fits into disaster planning

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics for Professionals 101 : Morality and Ethics in Professional Practice
1.0

Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

$20.00 USD

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  • Define morality and ethics and distinguish between the two
  • Describe three moralities that health professionals must integrate into their own moral life
  • Identify some major sources of moral beliefs in Western societies
  • Distinguish between an ethical issue and ethical problem
  • List three ways that ethics is useful in everyday professional practice
  • Describe what material cooperation entails
  • Identify some mechanisms available to protect the personal moral convictions of health professionals

Course Brochure - OT-OTA
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics for Professionals 101 - 105
7.0

Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

$140.00 USD

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  • This contains all courses with the educational objectives listed from Ethics for Professionals 101 to Ethics for Professionals 105.

Course Group includes all Ethics for Professionals Courses numbered 101 thru 105
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics for Professionals 102 : Ethical Problems, Ethical Distress and Ethical Dilemma's
2.0

Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

$40.00 USD

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  • Identify the goal of professional ethics activity.
  • Describe the basic idea of a caring response and some ways this response in a professional relationship is distinguished from expressions of care in other types of relationships.
  • Identify three component parts of any ethical problem.
  • Describe what an agent is and, more importantly, what it is to be a moral agent.
  • Name the three prototypical ethical problems.
  • Describe the role of emotions in ethical distress.
  • Distinguish between two varieties of ethical distress.
  • Compare the fundamental difference between ethical distress and an ethical dilemma.
  • Define ethical paternalism or parentalism.
  • Describe a type of ethical dilemma that challenges a professionals desire (and duty) to treat everyone fairly and equitably.
  • Identify the fundamental difference between distress or dilemma problems and locus of authority problems.
  • Identify four criteria that will assist you in deciding who should assume authority for a specific ethical decision to achieve a caring response.
  • Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
  • Become familiar with the Guide to Professional Conduct for PT
  • Indiana PTs - become familiar with the IN PT Rules and Practice Act
  • Texas PTs - become familiar with the TX PT Rules and Practice Act
  • Utah PTs - become familiar with the UT PT Rules and Practice Act

Course Brochure - OT-OTA
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics for Professionals 103 : The Analysis of Ethical Problems in Professional Life
1.0

Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

$20.00 USD

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  • Identify six steps in the analysis of ethical problems encountered in everyday professional life and how each plays a part in arriving at a caring response.
  • Describe the central role of narrative and virtue theories in gathering relevant information for a caring response.
  • List four areas of inquiry that will be useful when gathering relevant information to make sure you have the story straight.
  • Describe the role of conduct-related ethical theories and approaches in arriving at a caring response.
  • Describe why imagination is an essential aspect of seeking out the practical alternatives in an ethically challenging situation.
  • Discuss how courage assists you in a caring response.
  • Identify two benefits of taking time to reflect on and evaluate the action afterward.
  • Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
  • Become familiar with the Guide to Professional Conduct for PT's

Course Brochure - OT-OTA
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics for Professionals 104 : Ethics of Confidential Information
2.0

Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

$40.00 USD

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  • Define the terms confidential information and confidentiality.
  • Identify the relationship of a patient's legal right to privacy with his reasonable expectations regarding confidential information.
  • Describe how the telling and keeping of secrets is relevant to understanding the importance of confidentiality.
  • Discuss the ethical norms involved in keeping and breaking professional confidences.
  • Name five general legal exceptions to the professional standard of practice that confidences should not be broken.
  • Consider practical options that a professional can take when faced with the possibility of breaking a confidence.
  • Discuss some important aspects of documentation that affect confidentiality.
  • Compare ethical issues of confidentiality traditionally conceived with those that have arisen because of computerized medical records and patient care information systems.
  • Describe the key ethical strengths and challenges of the recent U.S. federal regulations related to privacy considerations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
  • Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
  • Review and become familiar with the TX PT Rules
  • Read case scenarios illustrating ethical decision making

Course Brochure - OT-OTA
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Ethics for Professionals 105 : Informed Consent
1.0

Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

$20.00 USD

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  • Describe three basic legal concepts that led to the doctrine of informed consent.
  • Describe three approaches to determining the disclosure standard for judging that a patient or client has been informed.
  • Discuss three major aspects of the process of obtaining informed consent.
  • Distinguish "general consent" from "special consent" documents.
  • Differentiate between the never-competent and once-competent patient or client and the challenges posed by each in regard to informed consent.
  • Compare informed consent as it is used in health care practice and in human studies research.
  • Describe some considerations one must always take into account to be sure one is being culturally competent and honoring cultural difference when informed consent is the standard.

Course Brochure - OT/OTA\
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Evidence Based Outcomes 201 : Outcomes Assessment in Chiropractic Practice - Reviewing the Current Literature
2.0

Dean Smith, DC, PhD

$40.00 USD

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  • Assess the current literature on outcomes assessment in chiropractic practice
  • Describe the psychometric properties outcome measures
  • Summarize the utility of patient related outcome measures
  • Outline the various domains of outcome assessments
  • Describe the clinical significance of common patient reported outcome measures
  • Identify guidelines and recommendations for use of outcomes measures in daily practice
  • Identify clinician driven outcome measures and discuss the strength of evidence supporting them along with their clinical significance and utility

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Evidence Based Outcomes 202 : Evidence Based Practice: Asking the Questions and Searching For Evidence
1.0

Dean Smith, DC, PhD

$20.00 USD

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  • Define Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
  • Identify problems/obstacles to EBP
  • Outline the process of EBP
  • Learn how to ask good clinical questions: PICO
  • Describe how to search PubMed and learn how PubMed translates a search query
  • Define MeSH terms and describe their use
  • Illustrate how to limit or broaden your search to find the appropriate content
  • Compare the results of boolean operators AND, OR and NOT

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Evidence Based Outcomes 204 : Practical Guide to Using Outcome Assessment (Measures) in Your Clinical Practice
1.0

Dean Smith, DC, PhD

$29.00 USD

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  • Provide a rationale for the use of outcome assessments in practice
  • Survey the recommended outcome assessment measures used by chiropractors and provide a copy or link to download them electronically
  • Describe the recommended outcome measures and provide instruction on how to score them
  • Detail the psychometric properties of the commonly used outcome measures to aid in determining clinically relevant change in patients
  • Indicate which outcome measures to use and when to use them

  • NOTE:  This course gives you licensed ability to 10 different outcome assessment forms to use in your office
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Evidence Based Outcomes 211 : Cold and Flu - Vaccinations, Green Tea, Zinc, Probiotics and Neti Pots
2.0

Joshua Goldenberg, ND

$40.00 USD

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  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in healthy adults and children 
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in the elderly 
  • Evaluate the importance of influenza vaccination in those with recent cardiac events 
  • Explain the key elements in the "Tamiflu Controversy" 
  • Discuss limitations to the Tamiflu research base 
  • Discuss limitations to using zinc for the common cold 
  • Evaluate strengths of study design for pragmatic trials 
  • Discuss the effectiveness of using probiotics for the common cold 

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Evidence Based Outcomes 212 : A Primer for the Clinician
3.0

David Taylor, DC, DABCN, FIACN

$60.00 USD

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  • Recognize the initiation and growth of evidence-based  (EBP) or evidence informed practice (EIP)
  • Interpret the need to utilize EBP
  • Define EBP.
  • Explain the levels of evidence and applications to practice
  • Contrast EBP/EIP with what is not EBP/EIP and relate to your clinical expertise.
  • Evaluate the research evidence for application to practice
  • Locate the literature that applies to the doctor’s patient
  • Integrate the literature research with their clinical expertise and the patient preferences
  • Recognize patient preferences
  • Distinguish your patients from the benchmarks of care
  • Distinguish the different types of evidence
  • Synthesize EBP/EIP into case studies
  • Implement EBP/EIP procedures to your practice for increased patient compliance,
  • Differentiate individual patient cases with similar diagnoses
  • Identify actions contingent upon the level of evidence

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Evidence Based Outcomes 213 : Critical Appraisal Bootcamp
3.0

Joshua Goldenberg, ND

$60.00 USD

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  • Hypothesize situations where being able to critically evaluate research on your own may be particularly important
  • Recall the original definition of evidence-based medicine
  • Identify point-of-care resources for high quality evidence
  • Categorize the evidence-based resources into point-of-care, summaries, syntheses etc.
  • Define “bias” in the context of research studies
  • Discover risk of bias in randomized controlled trials as it relates to unmasking and blinding
  • Paraphrase the meaning of a “straw man” in the context of study design
  • Discover risk of bias in randomized controlled trials as it relates to industry sponsorship, specifically referencing spin, straw man design, selective outcome reporting
  • Identify the aspects of ‘non-specific effects’
  • Define minimal (clinically) important difference
  •  Explain why minimal important differences may be more relevant than p values
  • Apply research findings to the patient in front of you

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Exploring Subluxation Neurology Part 1 : Bridging the Gap Part 1
8.0

Dan Murphy, DC, DABCO

$240.00 USD

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  • Explore contemporary healthcare issues from the perspective of Robert Lustig, MA and John Abramson, MD.
  • Integrate the relevance of these issues to the chiropractic profession.
  • Evaluate at the concept of evidence-based “medicine,” especially the “randomized controlled trial,” and describe how it applies to the chiropractic profession.
  • Discriminate recent examples of “randomized controlled trials,” especially as related to pain syndromes and opioid drugs.Discusss the importance of the 2021 Nobel Prize for the chiropractic profession and mechanical-based care.
  • Detail the physiology of the Piezo1 mechanical receptor.
  • Introduce the concepts of mechanical function and mechanical neurology.
  • Integrate the importance of the cerebellum to mechanical integrity and mechanical based care.
  • Explain a randomized clinical trial that supports mechanical-based chiropractic care for visceral physiology.
  • Distinguish the basic physiology of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine.
  • State the basic physiology of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
  • Outline the basic physiology of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
  • Integrate the balance of the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin.
  • Recite the relationship between the neurotransmitters dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine.
  • Explore the concept of Heart Rate Variability (HRV).
  • Integrate upper cervical chiropractic care, spinal chiropractic care, and HRV.

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2025-12-31

Exploring Subluxation Neurology Part 2
8.0

Dan Murphy, DC, DABCO

$240.00 USD

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  • Describe the relationship of the sympathetic nervous system and immunology.
  • Relate the sympathetic nervous system and headache.
  • Emphasize the importance of the opiate receptors in the periaqueductal gray matter and pain suppression.
  • Summarize activation of the periaqueductal gray matter with chiropractic adjusting for pain suppression.
  • Define the tensegrous matrix as relevant to chiropractic assessment and care.
  • Integrate electrical nerve interference as a component of the subluxation complex.
  • Explore the “corking” of cerebral fluid flow as related to the occiput-atlas subluxation.
  • Define the prevalence, patterns, and predictors of chiropractic use by the US population.
  • Empathize the importance of the first-class lever system of upright posture to the chiropractic profession.
  • Establish the functional and physiological relationship between the brain and the cervical spine.
  • Discuss the integrated physiology between inflammation, fibrosis, the Gate Theory, and chiropractic adjusting.
  • Create a model of pain based upon the fibrosis of repair, motion, and the Gate Theory.
  • Complete an interactive model of neuroimmunology using mechanoreceptors, the sympathetic nervous system, norepinephrine and neurological magnification.
  • Complete an interactive exercise of spinal mechanoreceptor driven vestibular nuclei controls of somatic function and visceral function.
  • Integrate the importance of constant v. non-constant thalamic summation/integration.

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 101 : Critical Issues Encountered in the Deposition and Trial
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Identify the differences between the deposition and trial
  • Understand the fundamentals and subtleties of the discovery of evidence
  • Distinguish between discovery and impeachment
  • Describe the steps involved in a deposition and trial
  • Discuss critical issues encountered in the deposition and trial

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 102 : How to Get Started in Forensic Marketing and Finding Contract Work
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Demonstrate how to get started in marketing new skill sets
  • Recognize how to contract work
  • Establish case preparation protocols
  • Distinguish between oral and written reports
  • Describe the steps involved in opinion forming

  • NOTE:  Must take Forensic Diplomate 101 prior to this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 103 : Discovery and Impeachment in Civil and Criminal Cases
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Discuss demonstrative evidence and props
  • Distinguish between discovery and impeachment
  • Understand the steps involved in a deposition
  • Recognize the worth of your knowledge as a forensic examiner
  • Review the steps involved in civil and criminal cases

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 102 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 104 : How to Formulate a Defensible Curriculum Vitae
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Understand the steps involved in a trial
  • Identify critical issues encountered in a trial
  • Create a defensible curriculum vitae
  • Explain the concept of work product
  • Discuss critical issues encountered in discovery of work product

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 103 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 105 : Understanding the Concept of Absolute Immunity
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Understand critical issues encountered in a forensic practice
  • Recognize pertinent case law
  • Explain the concept of absolute immunity
  • Recognize risk management protocols for the forensic examiner
  • Discuss the future challenges for the forensic examiner

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 104 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 106 : Federal Rules of Evidence and Their Application in the Federal and State Legal Systems
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Develop a level of knowledge and understanding of the federal and state legal system
  • Develop a level of knowledge, comprehension, and understanding of the deposition process as it relates to the practice of forensic chiropractic and testifying as an expert witness
  • Integrate the Rules of Evidence
  • Illustrate which Federal Rules of Evidence apply to the expert witness
  • Explain discovery techniques
  • Discuss that the expert witness may need to produce business records
  • Emphasize that each chiropractic provider must keep informed as to the laws and their interpretation in their particular state of practice
  • Assess Daubert criteria
  • Explain what each chiropractic expert should look for when preparing for the opposing attorney relating to hearsay
  • Develop a level of knowledge, comprehension, and understanding of the medicolegal system as it relates to Daubert challenges

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 105 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 107 : The Cross Examination Process and How to Manage Scientific Issues and Trick Questions
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Discuss trick question posed on cross examination
  • Assist judges in implementing effective management of expert evidence involving scientific issues
  • Identify judicial notice, aggregation, and compensation schedules for specific injuries
  • Develop a level of knowledge, comprehension, and understanding of the cross examination process as it relates to the practice of forensic chiropractic and testifying as an expert witness
  • Develop a level of knowledge and understanding of the federal and state court appointed expert process
  • Discuss evidentiary framework
  • Identify which Federal Rules of Evidence apply to the expert witness
  • Critique the nature of the claims, the theories of general and specific causation, the defenses, and in particular the bases for disagreement among experts
  • Explore the use of reference guides

NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 106 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Revised January 2023

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 108 : How do Scientific Reasoning and Methodology Apply to Untestable Scientific Theories
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Integrate Scientific Reasoning vs. Methodology
  • Critique questions relating to scientific validity
  • Assess Frye criteria
  • Discuss hearsay exceptions
  • Explore statistical estimates
  • Emphasize that judges will exclude certain evidence
  • Identify scientific theories that are not testable
  • Comment on forensic techniques that have fallen into disfavor
  • Discuss implicit error

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 107 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 109 : What is the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence and How to Read a Legal Opinion
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Discuss the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
  • Emphasize keeping junk science out of court
  • Review and critique literature refuting whiplash syndrome
  • Summarize the amended Rules of Evidence and their impact of Daubert
  • Identify which Federal Rules of Evidence apply to the expert witness
  • Demonstrate how to read a legal opinion
  • Assess the concept of ipso facto as it relates to the practice of forensic chiropractic and testifying as an expert witness
  • Integrate case law as it relates to the practice of forensic chiropractic and testifying as an expert witness

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 108 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Forensic Diplomate 110 : Adequate Informed Consent and How it Applies to Malpractice
4.0

Leanne Cupon, DC, DACRB and Warren Jahn, DC, DIANM (US)

$80.00 USD

Diplomate Level;, Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

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  • Develop a level of knowledge, comprehension, and understanding of the federal legal system as it relates to malpractice and testifying as an expert witness
  • Explain punitive or exemplary damages
  • Discuss the "but for" test
  • Assess the concept of res ipsa loquitur
  • Summarize battery and assault
  • Emphasis adequate informed consent
  • Contrast breach of contract or warranty to cure
  • Detect the opposing attorney's intent
  • Develop a level of knowledge, comprehension, and understanding of the ethical expert witness

  • NOTE: Must take Forensic Diplomate 109 and all lower level courses prior to taking this course
Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Functional Medicine 201 : The GI Microbiome and Autoimmunity-What Are the Connections and Do They Matter? Part 1
1.0

David Brady, DC, ND, CCN, DACBN

$20.00 USD

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  • Appreciate the current epidemiologic trends in autoimmune incidence, morbidity and mortality in the Western industrialized countries versus the under-developed world.
  • Acknowledge the importance placed in human biology on mucosal immunity and the massive amount of immune tissue and functional resources dedicated to GI mucosal immune surveillance.
  • Comprehend the linkage and association between autoimmune disease prevalence and factors including the GI microbiota composition, stealth infections, and molecular mimicry.
  • Apply clinical laboratory testing related to autoimmune disease risk assessment and diagnosis, including qPCR molecular-based evaluation of the GI microbiota.

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31

Functional Medicine 201 - 204 : The GI Microbiome and Autoimmunity-What Are the Connections and Do They Matter?
4.0

David Brady, DC, ND, CCN, DACBN

$80.00 USD

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Hour 1
  • Appreciate the current epidemiologic trends in autoimmune incidence, morbidity and mortality in the Western industrialized countries versus the under-developed world.
  • Acknowledge the importance placed in human biology on mucosal immunity and the massive amount of immune tissue and functional resources dedicated to GI mucosal immune surveillance.
  • Comprehend the linkage and association between autoimmune disease prevalence and factors including the GI microbiota composition, stealth infections, and molecular mimicry.
  • Apply clinical laboratory testing related to autoimmune disease risk assessment and diagnosis, including qPCR molecular-based evaluation of the GI microbiota.
Hour 2
  • Identify the differences in methodology and application between quantitative molecular testing (qPCR) versus next-generation sequencing of the GI microbiota in the support of clinical decision making.
  • Synthesize the available evidence-based integrative and complementary therapeutic GI antimicrobial interventions for treating GI dysbiosis, including in subjects with autoimmune disorders.
  • Explore the linkage and association between autoimmune disease prevalence and food immune reactions and sensitivities.
  • Apply the available evidence-based integrative and complementary therapeutic interventions using pro and pre-biotics for improving the GI ecology in subjects with autoimmune disorders.
Hour 3
  • Identify the linkage and association between autoimmune disease prevalence and factors including lack of early diverse antigen exposure (i.e., the hygiene hypothesis).
  • Interpret the available predictive autoantibody test options for autoimmune disorders.
  • Learn to determine when to order the available clinical laboratory testing related to autoimmune disease risk assessment, diagnosis, and clinical management, including qPCR molecular-based evaluation of the GI microbiota, various food sensitivity assays, and predictive autoantibody tests.
  • Apply evidence-based integrative and complementary therapeutic interventions for improvement of the GI mucosal health and barrier function (i.e., leaky-gut syndrome) in autoimmune disorders.
Hour 4
  • Utilize clinical decision making related to the linkage and association between autoimmune disease prevalence and individual factors, including the GI microbiota composition, food immune reactions, stealth infections, molecular mimicry, and lack of early diverse antigen exposure, in practical clinical cases.
  • Interpret the available clinical laboratory testing related to autoimmune disease risk assessment, diagnosis, and clinical management, including qPCR molecular-based evaluation of the GI microbiota and predictive autoantibody tests in specific practical clinical case scenarios.
  • Apply the available evidence-based integrative and complementary therapeutic interventions for autoimmune disorders in specific practical clinical case scenarios.
  • Refer to other medical specialists and collaborative care opportunities in complex autoimmune disease clinical case scenarios.

Course Automatically Accepted as facilitated by the University of Bridgeport, Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Department which includes the School of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited College
Expires: 2028-12-31



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