FELLOWSHIP IN PRIMARY SPINE CARE APPLICATION

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The Fellowship in Primary Spine Care [PSC] consists of 26 courses, which the applicant has up to two years to complete. The following graph outlines the course's curriculum. Courses previously taken by the applicant that satisfy any of the required courses will be "grandfathered" and not need to be re-taken. Any similar courses will be considered by the advisory board individually. Oversight is through The State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Office of Continuing Education and Cleveland University Kansas City, College of Chiropractic, Department of Post-Doctoral Education. Competency is verified through 112 examinations within the  26 courses, with a minimum passing score of 80%. 

Before starting the program, the candidate must submit an essay of up to 600 words on your goals and what you plan to achieve from the Fellowship. Upon completing the course, you must write an essay of up to 1000 words on your outcome assessment of what you learned from the program and how it impacted your ability to diagnose, prognose, and create treatment plans. There is also an exit examination with a passing score of 80%. 

Course Name Hours
Triaging the Trauma Patient 9
MRI Basics 3
MRI Spine Credentialing  25
Spinal Biomechanical Engineering  16
Spinal Trauma Pathology 9
Spinal Disc & Ligament Neurology 7
Evaluation and Management 10
Diagnosis 3
Documentation Made Easy 3
Medical-Legal Documentation 3
Impairment Rating 2
Orthopedic Testing 9
Concussion: TBI-mTBI-PTSD Testing 10
EDX: EMG/NCV Interpretation 10
Hospital Based Care 2
Stroke Evaluation 10
MRI Clinical Grand Rounds 20
Clinical Case Management 15
Extremity MRI & X-Ray Interpretation 27
Pathobiomechanics & Documentation 8
Primary Spine Care 5 12
Primary Spine Care 7 12
Primary Spine Care 9 12
Primary Spine Care 10 12
Primary Spine Care 11 12
Primary Spine Care 12 20
Mini-Fellowship in Neuroradiology 40
Mini-Fellowship in MSK Radiology  40
TOTAL HOURS 361
Fellowship Application
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