Maryland 12 Hr Bundle Including All Mandated Hours

Description

Communicable Diseases – Credit Hours: 2Risk Management

Now more than ever understanding and proper prevention of infectious communicable diseases is a must. This course will give the Chiropractor the tools to understand the different infectious communicable diseases that face us today such as Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, Pertussis, MRSA, and HIV and their modes of transmission. This knowledge will arm the Chiropractor with the knowledge of how to instruct office staff on how to keep the office compliant reducing infection and transmission of these diseases.

Cultural Diversity for the Chiropractor – Credit Hours: 1Risk Management

Cultural competency means being aware of your own cultural beliefs and values and how these may be different from other cultures, including being able to learn about and honor the different cultures of those you work with. There is no place that this competence is needed more than in our current healthcare system. This 1 hour seminar will give you the understanding of how to make yourself, office, and staff more compliant in cultural diversity.  You will understand the differences between conscious and unconscious bias and what cause us to be biased to our patients and community. This seminar will give you the tools to change your office’s policie, communications, and services to be more culturally competent. This course is approved for Diversity state requirements and is sure to enlighten you.

Documentation and Coding for Active Care – Credit Hours: 1DocumentationRisk Management

Active care is an integral component of current paradigm in Chiropractic. This course will cover documentation and coding as it relates to active care. The appropriate use of timed and untimed codes,  modifiers  and daily SOAP note documentation will be explained to substantiate the services rendered and bullet proof your records.  Topics include:

Active care vs. passive care and the appropriate coding  of both.

Emphasis of when to use a timed vs.  untimed code and the specifics of using the various passive and active codes.

Documentation of active care and case reviews for coding.

This seminar will help to bullet-proof your documentation on active care!

Functional Diagnosis and Treatment of Muscle Dysfunction: Evalution and Treatment of Inhibited and Hypertonic Muscles – Credit Hours: 2Clinical

This course will provide the clinician the instruction necessary to understand how to diagnose inhibited muscles using static posture and gait analysis and treatment of those inhibited muscles using Origin/Insertion, Myogelosis, Trigger Point, Reactive Muscle Pairs, and Neurolymphatic Reflex techniques.  This course will review the basic principles of static posture and gait and the neurology, and physiology of muscles and what may cause them to be inhibited or hypertonic. If you do any muscle therapy in your practice this course will add to your treatment arsenal!

Functional Diagnosis and Treatment of Muscle Dysfunction: The Art of Muscle Testing – Credit Hours: 2Clinical

This course instructs the Clinician  how to functionally muscle test common muscles seen in a musculoskeletal practice which will improve the diagnosis of the correct vertebral or extremiy subluxation. It takes a deep dive into the principles of muscle anatomy, neurology, physiology and action. The clinician will learn how to diagnose muscle dysfunctions using the ability to determine inhibited and hypertonic muscles.  This course is recommended to be taken with Evaluation and Treatment of Inhibited and Hypertonic Muscles and together, will solidify your ability to make certain you are adjusting the correct subluxation through muscle biomechanics which will improve your patient outcomes!

Maryland Jurisprudence for the Chiropractor – Credit Hours: 1Law

Understanding the laws in your state is imperative for the Chiropractor! This one hour seminar will provide the Maryland licensed Chiropractor an in depth look at the Maryland State Board Rules and Regulations as outlined in the Maryland Department of Health Subtitle 43 Board of Chiropractic Examiners and is approved to satisfy the Maryland one hour jurisprudence requirement.

OSHA Guidelines for Infectious Agents – Credit Hours: 1Risk Management

It is required that most Chiropractic offices in the United States follow OSHA guidelines. This course uses the OSHA Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare settings as research citation to make the Chiropractor compliant with these standards and regulations.  This course will define the OSHA standards and regulations, sources of infectious agents and susceptable hosts and keeping the Chiropractic office compliant with hand hygiene, PPE, needlesticks and sharps, blood, and proper sanitation procedures.

Sexual Boundaries – Credit Hours: 2Risk Management

The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with the knowledge of ethics and sexual boundaries with their patients and staff. Case studies and laws relating to understanding and avoiding ethical and sexual boundaries issues in the Chiropractic setting will be used. The following topics will be covered:

Defining Professional Boundaries

· The Basis for the Doctor / Patient Relationship

· Transference / Counter-transference

· Terminology Associated with Sexual Misconduct

· How to Reduce Exposure

· Boundary Violation vs. Boundary Crossing

· Preparing for High Risk Situations

· Case studies

· Issue Warning Signs

· Guidelines for Prevention

Bullet-proof your practice with these risk management strategies!