For the past six years, two committees at Western States Chiropractic College have been meeting weekly to tackle the colossal task of developing conservative care pathways for chiropractic procedures. Ron LeFebvre, DC, and dean of chiropractic and clinical education at the college, is heading up these efforts and would like to share WSCC's ongoing results with Alumni to assist them in their practices.

"In developing pathways for each condition, we begin with a literature search to gather all of the evidence we can find to assist us in determining the best way to diagnose and treat a particular condition. This allows us to immediately identify some of the best practice strategies for making correct diagnoses and identifying which treatments are supported with the most evidence," stated Dr. LeFebvre. "This method also serves the purpose of keeping our clinical staff, which is involved in the process, very up-to-date with the literature," he added. "It's like a graduate course on steroids, because they not only passively take in the material, but they use it to fashion a document, which becomes our standard protocol in the clinic.

We are offering WSCC Alumni and Friends these Care Pathways at cost to cover printing and postage. Click here for details and a printable list of available Care Pathways. If you have questions please contact the Alumni Relations Office by phone at 1-800-618-4533 or email to TSchur@wschiro.edu