PBRN for Certification Requirements

Once again, the I.C.P.A. has stepped to the plate with the help of you the practicing chiropractor to offer classroom credit for a clinical, internship in our PBRN. Consistent with the mission of the I.C.P.A. Diplomate, fulfilling your requirements for Diplomate now fulfills this mission by involving you, the candidate in research for the profession!!

The ICPA is proud to announce the initiation of the largest, most successful Practiced Based Research Network (PBRN) in the profession today!
Welcome to the ICPA Practiced Based Research Network for Certification!

Our current project is on Pregnancy and will be launching the fourth week of April. You will receive an e-mail announcing this PBRN - make sure your e-mail is current with us and that your inbox is formatted to accept ICPA e-mails!!

Registration for PBRN for Certification is here.

Who:

As part of your 180 hour requirements towards certification, the ICPA has replaced one of its on-site courses with participation in our PBRN. For you, this offers several advantages:

  • It saves you the time and cost of travel offering you credit by doing what you love doing most--caring for children and pregnant women in your own office!
  • It establishes your clinical competency with the Diplomate Council
  • It allows you to personally participate in fulfilling the ICPA mission for Research and establishing evidenced based research for practice
  • It involves you in the future direction of chiropractic
  • It offers our Research Department access to large quantities of data for publication.
  • It advances the credibility and efficacy of chiropractic care for children and pregnant women.
  • It fulfills the ICPA mission and purpose: serving the profession for the advancement of chiropractic care for family wellness.

All current DCs can participate immediately; students will participate once they are in practice.

What:

A Practiced Based Research Network is your opportunity to contribute clinical data that the ICPA Research Department compiles and prepares for publication. Research in this format insures that guidelines and practice parameters are consistent with the actual care we offer in our practices.

When:

As a DC, as soon as you are enrolled in the ICPA 180 hour certification, you are eligible to meet these requirements. We encourage you to sign up immediately so that you can participate in our current project, fulfill your requirements necessary for certification and also assist us with this much needed data.

Where:

The PBRN is in the comfort of your own office, in your time schedule. You simply need to register as explained next and you will receive all of the necessary instructions and forms to initiate the project.

How:

As a participant in the certification program, you selected one of three options for payment. Depending on how you chose to pay for the certification classes will determine which box you check on the registration form.

DC PBRN Registration:

  • Pay in Full: if you have signed up for the certification Pay In Full option, you may begin the PBRN at any time. Please select the PIF option for payment on the registration form. You will be charged $0.
  • Auto Pay: if you have signed up for the certification Auto- Pay option, you may begin the PBRN at any time. Please select the Auto-Pay option. You will be charged $250 at the time of registration. If you do not initiate PBRN registration before the end of the classes in your primary location, you will be automatically charged $250 for the PBRN one month after the final class date.
  • Pay Per Module: if you are paying for the classes per module, you may begin the PBRN at any time. Please select the Pay Per Module option. You will be charged $300 at the time of your registration.
  • If you are registered with the ICPA Certification program through Parker College or NWHSU, you will need to sign up for this module directly with the ICPA here.

Registration for PBRN for Certification is here.

Student PBRN Registration:

You may only participate in the PBRN and fulfill the requirements for this final module once you have earned your chiropractic degree, have malpractice according to your region/ state and are in practice. You may participate in the PBRN while taking your final exam for certification.

Why:

The importance of gathering clinically, practiced based data relevant to family wellness is imperative in our profession. With the data to substantiate our care, we can:

  1. Provide parents with the research for assurance they frequently ask for
  2. Public ally advertise with the supporting research
  3. Establish practiced base guidelines that support the care you love to provide
  4. We can approach third party payers with the data they are demanding
  5. We can reach critical mass with chiropractic family care and expand our care to its rightful, mainstream place.

Additional:

  • You are required to participate in at least ONE of our PBRN projects for certification credit. Throughout a year's time, we will be running several projects. There are two PBRN projects currently scheduled:
  1. Children's Safety: data collection now closed.
  2. Pregnancy Safety: will be available from January 2008 2008 thru June 2009.
  • The patient quota for the PBRN study project for certification credit is 12 patients per PBRN. Each patient will represent one hour of classroom time. We highly encourage you to go beyond your classroom requirements and invite as many of you current patients into the PBRN.
  • You do not have to have completed your PBRN to take the final exam for certification; however PBRN must be paid for prior to you taking the exam. The Academy/ ICPA Certification will be awarded upon your completion of all classes, your achieving successful exam results and receipt of your PBRN requirements in the ICPA office.

Read more about the ICPA PBRN Projects here

Read more about the ICPA Diplomate PBRN requirement here