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.
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).