Units of the PSP Certification Program™
Unit 1 – Fundamentals of Primary Spine Care
Unit 2 – The Lumbar Spine
Unit 3 – The Cervical Spine
Unit 4 – Clinical Management and Final Proficiency Exam
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Course Participants:
Participants who are accepted into and registered for the PSP Program can access the course using the link below.
Resources
Recommended Readings
Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain, Volumes I and II, by Donald R. Murphy, DC, FRCC
These texts are recommended reading for the University of Pittsburgh Primary Spine Practitioner Certification Program™. These are clinical workbooks that instruct the practitioner on the application of an evidence-based, relationship-centered approach to spine care. They are designed to give practitioners and students a concise means to integrate disparate findings, organize clinical data, form a diagnosis, and design an effective management strategy. Two chapters on case studies illustrate the real-world application of Primary Spine Care in actual patient scenarios.
These books will be referenced throughout the course and it is recommended that attendees read the books cover-to-cover in order to familiarize themselves with the material that will be expanded upon in the live and distance learning modules.
Students are responsible for acquiring their own texts.
Volume I:
Primary Management of Low Back Disorders Using The CRISP Protocols
Murphy, Donald R.
Volume II:
Primary Management of Cervical Disorders Using The CRISP Protocols
Murphy, Donald R.
The following documents are available for download.
Murphy D, Justice B, Paskowski I, Perle S, Schneider M
Treatment-Based Classificiation System for Low Back Pain: Revision and Update
Alrwaily M, Timko M, Schneider M, Stevans J, Bise C, Hariharan K, et al.
Additional Reading
- Christensen CM, Grossman JH, Hwang J. The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2009.
- Dower C, Moore J, Langelier M. It Is Time To Resctructure Health Professions Scope-Of-Practice Regulations To Remove Barriers To Care. Health affairs. 2013 Nov;32(11):1971-6.
- Hartvigsen J, Foster NE, Croft PR. We need to rethink front line care for back pain. Bmj. 2011;342:d3260.
- Porter ME. A Strategy for Health Care Reform--Toward a Value-Based System. The New England journal of medicine. 2009 Jul 9;361(2):109-12
- Porter ME, Lee TH. The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care. Harvard Bus Rev. 2013;Oct:1-19.
- Porter ME, Teisberg EO. Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press; 2006.
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Updated | 7.12.2022