Anonymous State Association Council Donates $20,000 to FCER
The state association council, wishing to be left anonymous, gave the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) a hefty, unrestricted donation because of the foundation's "great work."
The $20,000 contribution may go to ongoing priorities, as well as new initiatives including the development of the DCConsult Evidence-Based Resource Center (EB-RC) and the State of Research program.
"FCER is very grateful for this impressive donation, especially since it came from a state association council with a relatively small membership," said FCER President Charles Herring, DC. "For a state association council to make this large of a donation to FCER, highlights the perceived trust that chiropractic organizations have in the value of FCER's programs and importance of these initiatives to the future of the profession," he said.
This donation comes in good time as the FCER is gearing up for the live launch of its DCConsult Web site, February 7 at the Las Vegas Parker Seminar. The online resource center will be available to the practitioner for the day-to-day patient care information, latest research and links to other databases relating to nutrition, herbs, exercise, fitness, etc.
As part of the State of Research program, 22 state-research committees work with FCER to identify needed state-specific research. The program also assists practitioners in utilizing research in daily patient care.
FCER is the chiropractic profession's oldest not-for-profit foundation, serving the profession since 1944. Based in Norwalk, Iowa, FCER has as its mission to "Translate Research into Practice" by granting funds for research and in producing practitioner and patient-education materials including teleconferences, CDs, books and pamphlets. FCER is developing the DCConsult Web site as part of its Evidence-Based Resource Center, an online source for customized clinical and patient education information.
For more information on FCER's latest research, upcoming events and more, visit www.fcer.org.
Symposium in Fort Worth on Somato-Visceral Interactions
A two-day symposium will take place at the University of North Texas Health Science Center inFort Worth, Texas on March 31 -April 1, 2008. Coordinated by the Osteopathic Research Center (ORC), the event titled "Delineating the Evidence Base for Somato-Visceral Interactions and Autonomic Mechanisms of Manual Therapy" is part of the Osteopathic Clinical Trials Initiative Conference series.
The international, interdisciplinary symposium will feature a significant number of world experts and leading researchers in the areas of somato-visceral reflexes and autonomic mechanisms of manual therapy. Leaders from the U.S., Japan, Germany and Canada will discuss topics of great relevance to all who use their hands in health care provision.
According to Dr. Leon Chaitow, the presentations will focus on current research evidence that shows the impact of manual therapy on physiologic processes and systemic disease. In addition, research relating to the effects of massage on the release of hormones and insulin, will be included. (Further information is available on the ORC Web site www.hsc.unt.edu/ORC or by contacting Cathy Kearns ckearns@hsc.unt.edu.) A state-of-the-art consensus, based on the discussions of the event, will be published with recommendations for clinical and research applications.
The Massage Therapy Foundation is a sponsor of this event, as well as other physical therapy, chiropractic and osteopathic organizations, all working together in the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Hotel rooms are on reserve at the Hilton in downtown Fort Worth for attendees. For more information on transportation, symposium agenda, etc. visit: www.hsc.unt.edu/orc/services/occtic.asp.
