The Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards hosted its 85th Annual Educational Congress May 4-8 in Marco Island, Fla. The conference highlighted the elements and tools necessary to build great regulators. Approximately 140 attendees from the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand represented chiropractic licensing boards, testing, associations, and chiropractic colleges.
The educational portion of the conference opened with the keynote address from Mr. Troy Elliott, Communications director for the Association of Social Work Boards. Mr. Elliott spoke about retaining board funds to best serve the public.
Also on opening day, the delegate body voted to admit the Australian and New Zealand boards into the FCLB as its newest members.
On day two, Dr. James Winterstein, president of National University of Health Sciences, delivered the 21st annual Joseph Janse Lecture, speaking about his vision of the future of health care, regulation, and chiropractic's role.
Other educational sessions included:
Dr. Louis Sportelli delivered day three's summary presentation, asking, "Can Great Regulators Be Built?"
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Awards and Recognition
Dr. Saint-Germain presented awards to the following individuals and organizations.
Dr. Saint-Germain also recognized Dr. Oliver "Bud" Smith Jr. (Texas) for his 12 years of service with the FCLB. Dr. Smith has now retired from the FCLB board, but continues his involvement with patient protection as an active member of the NBCE Board of Directors.
A complete agenda, list of faculty, awards presentations and many of the 2011 educational sessions are available on the federation's Web site at www.fclb.org. Next year's meeting is scheduled for May 2-6, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
Source: Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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