Description
National Spine Management Group
Winter Spine Management Conference
February 18, 19, 20, 2022
GALLERYOne – Hilton
2670 East Sunrise Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-3206
Friday – FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES ONLY
8:00 am – 8:30 am – REGISTRATION
8:30 am – 9:00 am – WELCOME and OPENING REMARKS
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Welcome by the National Spine Management Group. Review of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday agendas. Introduction of vendors, sponsors, and continuing education requirements.
9:00 am – 10:30 am – Medical Legal and Interprofessional Communication – Part 1
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Jeffrey Metler, JD
Eric Lee, DC
Outline: Overview of the process of personal injury litigation. The focus of this section will be on admissible clinical documentation including history taking, physical examination findings and correlation with advanced imaging findings. Courtroom rules and etiquette will be discussed and outlined. Daubert and Frye standards will be reviewed and presented as they relate to the Doctor of Chiropractic.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Medical Legal and Interprofessional Communication – Part 2
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
(Attorney TBD)
David Collins DC
Outline: Presentation of LIVE direct, cross, and re-direct examination using a specific real-world case. The focus of this section is for participants to witness courtroom process in handling the treating Doctor of Chiropractic’s professional and/or expert opinion pertaining to pre-existing conditions, persistent functional loss, interprofessional communication and referrals, causality of bodily injury and low speed/low property damage collisions.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Lunch and Vendor Break
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM and SPINE MANAGEMENT
Speaker: John Edwards, MD – Neurosurgeon
Outline: Dr. Edwards will share with the group the need for neurosurgeons to have a properly trained Spine Management Physician as a member of their community-based team. In particular, he will focus on the need to manage spine cases as an interprofessional community. Dr. Edwards will outline how the National Spine Management Group and its Fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics and Trauma are preparing Doctors of Chiropractic to lead the national effort to better manage spine pain in the United States.
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – INTERPROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN SPINE MANAGEMENT
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Starting with compliant evaluation documentation, Dr. Owens will discuss the complete workflow including patient scheduling, patient evaluation, advanced imaging protocols, medical specialist referrals and medical legal communication in the patient with spinal injuries. He will discuss the three categories of documentation, Evaluation/Management, Progress Notes and Narrative Reports in terms of proper formatting, streamlining processes and how they meet the needs of the various entities involved in managing spine cases.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM UPDATES AND FUTURE TRAINING
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Eric Lee, DC
Outline: Drs’ Owens and Lee will be outlining the 2022-2023 curriculum updates for the National Spine Management Group’s Fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics and Trauma program. Updates will pertain to modernized didactic work, clinical rotations, and research reviews. Opportunities for research and publications will be discussed and outlined.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – BREAK
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – OCEAN DINNER CRUISE – business casual
Saturday – OPEN SESSION
8:00 am – 8:30 am – REGISTRATION
8:30 am – 9:00 am – WELCOME and OPENING REMARKS
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Welcome by the National Spine Management Group. Review of today’s agenda. Continued introduction of vendors, sponsors, and continuing education requirements.
9:00 am – 10:30 am – HISTOLOGY AND PHYSICAL TOLERANCE OF SPINAL LIGAMENTS
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Presentation on the histological properties of spinal ligaments, their locations, and physical tolerances. Detailed review of the physiological properties including coupling motion and its relation to spinal biomechanics and spinal injury will be correlated and presented. Clinical diagnosis and objectification of spinal ligament injury with current research parameters will be presented.
10:30 am – 10:45 am – VENDOR BREAK
10:45 am – 11:15 am – REVIEW OF FRIDAY’S EVENTS
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Review of Fellowship Day and discussion about Dr. Edward’s presentation. A brief review of the status of the Fellowship program will be completed and the educational requirements outlined.
11:15 am – 12:00 pm – FELLOWSHIP GRADUATION PRESENTATION
Speaker: Eric Lee DC
Outline: Fellowship graduation ceremony. Fellowship history review, introduction of candidates and presentation of sash and awards.
12:00 am – 1:30 pm – Lunch and VENDOR break
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Accident Reconstruction and Expert Reporting Errors
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Mr. Patrick Sundby
Outline: Discussion of basic physics relating to Crash Investigation and Accident Reconstruction. Review of biomechanical reports and analysis of mathematical methods will be reviewed and discussed in relation to spinal injury and patient management. Emphasis will be placed on spinal injury thresholds.
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm – Vendor Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm – Degenerative Ligament Laxity vs Acute Injury
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Research review of scientific methods to evaluation degenerative spinal disease and its relationships to the presence of ligamentous laxity. Evidence based differences between hypermobility in the spinal column due to degenerative changes and acute ligamentous injury will be demonstrated and discussed.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – QUESTION AND ANSWER
8:00 pm – Social Hour
Sunday – OPEN SESSION
8:00 am – 8:30 am – REGISTRATION
8:30 am – 10:00 am – Updated EMR Research Macros
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Presentation of peer reviewed evidenced based citations to support the necessity of chiropractic care, advanced imaging, and patient referral. Specific components of the clinical note and when to use references and when not to use them will be demonstrated. Proper utilization within an Electronic Medical Record will be outlined.
10:00 am – 10:30 am – VENDOR BREAK
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Updated Chiropractic Science Research
Speaker: William J Owens Jr DC
Outline: Comprehensive review of recently published evidence supporting chiropractic management of the spine pain patient in the Pain Management, Corrective, and the Health Maintenance Phases of care. Methods to communicate this evidence to the medical and legal communities will be presented.
