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Ethics in Chiropractic – Credit Hours: 2Risk Management
Ethics in Chiropractic reviews the most up-to-date code of professional ethics in the Chiropractic profession and provides Chiropractors with the knowledge of the Chiropractic Code of Ethics. This 2 hour course will cover the following:
- What is Ethics and why is it important in the healthcare setting?
- Ethics in Chiropractic: recent statistics of disciplinary actions against Chiropractors.
- Chiropractic internal workshops on improving ethics in the Chiropractic profession.
- What defines “unethical conduct”?
- The American Chiropractic Association mission to elevate healthcare through a “Code of Ethics”.
- The 15 ACA Code of Ethics defined.
- The International Chiropractic Association’s Code of Professional Ethics
- Duties, obligations, and responsibilities of the Doctor of Chiropractic to their patients, to the public, and to the profession.
- Chiropractic Informed Consent
This course is approved to satisfy risk management requirements for each state.
The Nutritional Approach to Improving Cognitive Function – Credit Hours: 2ClinicalNutrition
This course will identify the different types and severities of cognitive dysfunctions and which nutritional strategies may help to avoid or reverse them. Topcis include:
- What are the different types of cognitive decline. including the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease and the pharmaceutical approach to treatment.
- Theories of Cognitive Decline: Amyloid Protein Theory, Tau Hypothesis, and Cholinergic Hypothesis and genetic link.
- Research based nutritional treatments for Cognitive Decline including:
- Antioxidants such as melatonin, vitamin C, Vitamin and Vitamin D and B vitamins.
- Choline and Phosphatidylserine and their ability to make acetylcholine and improve brain functioning.
- Improving in mitochondrial function with Acetyl-l-Carnitine.
- Using Essential Fatty Acids to decrease inflammation
- Lifestyle changes to decrease risk of Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline.
Longevity and quality of life are essential for our aging patients and this seminar will help you improve theirs!