Low Back Pain Curriculum Content Standards

Low Back Pain Curriculum Content Standards

The Low Back Pain Curriculum Content Standards (LBP-CCS) have been designed for academic programs that provide entry-level education for healthcare professionals, to guide the development or review of curriculum content related to the management of low back pain in primary care.

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The LBP-CCS were developed by a team of academics, clinicians, consumers, and researchers, including representatives from 11 different countries and across a range of healthcare professions.

A downloadable copy of the LBP-CCS is available here, as well as in the resources section below. Other resources to aid implementation of the LBP-CCS are also available in the resources section.

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Steering and working group

Steering group

  • Dr Hazel Jenkins
    Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Professor Mark Hancock
    Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Dr Benjamin Brown
    Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Dr Mary O’Keefe
    Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, Australia
  • Associate Professor Niamh Moloney
    Faculty of Science, Exercise Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Professor Chris Maher
    Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, Australia

Working group

  • Fiona Blyth (Medicine – general practice, Australia)
  • Dawn Carnes (Osteopathy, England)
  • Chad Cook (Physiotherapy, America)
  • Ben Darlow (Physiotherapy, Primary health care, New Zealand)
  • Renee de Ruijter (Physiotherapy, Switzerland)
  • Julie Fritz (Physiotherapy, America)
  • Brona Fullen (Physiotherapy, Ireland)
  • Doug Gross (Physiotherapy, Canada)
  • Jill Hayden (Chiropractic, Canada)
  • Jonathan Hill (Physiotherapy, England)
  • Jaro Karppinen (Medicine – physical and rehabilitation medicine, Finland)
  • Greg Kawchuk (Chiropractic, Canada)
  • Alice Kongsted (Chiropractic, Denmark)
  • Deborah Kopansky-Giles (Chiropractic, Canada)
  • Henrik Hein Lauridsen (Chiropractic, Denmark)
  • Michael Lee (Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Australia)
  • Quinette Louw (Physiotherapy, South Africa)
  • Kerry Mace (Consumer, Australia)
  • James McAuley (Psychology, Australia)
  • Andrew McLachlan (Pharmacy, Australia)
  • Chris Mercer (Physiotherapy; England)
  • Peter O’Sullivan (Physiotherapy, Australia)
  • Sue Reid (Physiotherapy, Australia)
  • Anna Ryan (Medicine, Chiropractic, Australia)
  • Paolo Sanzo (Physiotherapy, Canada)
  • Edward Vresilovic (Medicine – orthopaedic surgery, America)
  • Arnold Wong (Physiotherapy, Hong Kong)

Publications

Development paper: Jenkins, H.J., Brown, B.T., O'Keeffe, M. et al. Development of low back pain curriculum content standards for entry-level clinical training. BMC Med Educ 24, 136 (2024).

See a copy of the development paper here

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