Clinicians in the Rochester area attended a three-day continuing education course offered at Ithaca College's Rochester Center.
The course, Teaching and Performing Grade V Mobilization: An Evidence-Based Approach, was presented by Jeff Houck, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Ithaca College's Rochester Center, and David Selkowitz, professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomoma, California.
This course was taught in one weekend (June 14-15) plus one additional day four weeks later (July 12) to enable participants to practice and consolidate techniques and clinical reasoning. On day three, participants were asked to teach a technique and receive feedback from colleagues.
This course is based on the California Academic and Residency Education Collaborative (CAREC), which was developed by academic program instructors and clinicians in California. The purpose of CAREC is to organize and standardize entry-level education for physical therapy students in the classroom and clinic on a category of musculoskeletal manual therapy techniques known as "high-velocity, low-amplitude passive movements."
To enhance this effort, it has been considered necessary to augment the ability of clinician preceptors to supervise affiliating students on the appropriate application and performance of these techniques. This effort was a further outgrowth of the Manipulation in Education Manual and related efforts by the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists.
Based on the success of this course, plans are to offer a similar course on cervical techniques in fall 2008 and spring 2009.
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