Back Pain PBLA
Click the underlined links below to access each PowerPoint lecture. Selected high-quality reference materials we found invaluable are also available below. ["Right-click" them to download].
We began with an Introductory Letter and a PRETEST. We were also given a printout of our back pain patients clinical data (from our EMR), for our review during the week.
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Gustav Schmidt [Dr. Brian Nelson] 75 yr old Amana Farmer, 2 time county fair winner for the ugliest zucchini. He presents at the insistence of his wife with low back pain for an ill-defined length of time. |
Sparkle [Dr. Sara vonHarz] 21 year old exotic dancer. Graduated first in her high school class. She has an ongoing conflict with her parents who would like her to attend college and go into medicine. She presents after injuring herself on "the pole" at her current place of employment 2 days ago. |
Our visiting prosecutor, "Dr. F. Lee Cochrane" [Dr. Myers] began the week with an Introductory Statement. Two witnesses were called, to indict 'Back Pain' of serious crimes and misdemeanors.
The CAT team found several high quality guidelines which were a basis for much of the week's discussions.
Daily discussions of aspects of back pain diagnosis, management, and treatment were led by Residents, with faculty assistance. The Powerpoints are downloadable, or viewable over the web in the following links:
The week ended with a consensus about what we need to change as individual doctors, and in our systems of care in the office. The PBLA team generated suggestions to be used when evaluating our asthma patients. System changes are being evaluated and made by our office management team.