The University of Western States College of Chiropractic has been the
recipient of two federally funded grants directed to improve evidenced based
chiropractic education and practice. The grants are funded by The National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which is an office
within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
During the implementation of the grant, a number of teaching and learning
tools and other resources have been generated. To assist interested
educators, researchers and practitioners we are making these documents
available as read only PDF files on our web site.
We plan on adding other documents as they are developed and will also post
revised versions. We are interested in improving our documents and resources
and would welcome suggestions. Please do not hesitate to contact Ron
LeFebvre rlefebvre@usw.edu with any comments.
Biostatistics: Annotated Learning Objectives and Competencies with
Teaching Tips (pdf)
This document contains the learning objectives and competencies derived by
and used at the University of Western States College of Chiropractic.
Training the EBP Practitioner Standards Learning Objectives and
Competencies (pdf)
This document contains standards, learning objectives and competencies
derived by and used at the University of Western States, the college of
chiropractic. In addition, many of the learning objectives are annotated
with teaching tips. The teaching tips were included, in part, to clarify the
focus of a particular competency or to address learning obstacles that were
identified by various members of the committee based on their teaching
experience.
Evidence Based Practice Best Resources (pdf)
This guide focuses on resources most likely to contain high quality research
to be used by the practitioner in answering outcome based foreground
questions to aide in clinical decision making. Sources include input from
qualitative interviews with UWS faculty, input from specific UWS content
experts, and Dawes' Evidence-Based Practice 2005.*
Evidence Based Practice Cue Cards (pdf)
This file contains 3 EBP Cue Cards for use by clinicians and students. These
cards are designed so that they can be used on the floor while in the clinic
and can be consulted in regular lecture or journal club classes.
CAT Guide (pdf)