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OCS Field Guide: A PT Podcast

Pass the OCS exam by studying smarter, not harder. This podcast is for physical therapists looking to become board-certified specialists in orthopedics.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Introduction and OCS Study Tips

Introduction and OCS Study Tips

Meet Dr. David Smelser, PT, DPT, OCS and Dr. Austin Kercheville, PT, DPT, OCS—two very busy Board-Certified Specialists ... Read more

11 Sep 2020

7mins

Ranked #2

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Research Part I: Basics and Statistics to Memorize

Research Part I: Basics and Statistics to Memorize

A large number of exam takers who fail to pass the OCS exam report that the section on research was one of their lowest-... Read more

20 Sep 2020

19mins

Ranked #3

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Research Part II: Hawthorne, John Henry, and Pygmalion

Research Part II: Hawthorne, John Henry, and Pygmalion

Dr. David Smelser discusses psychological pitfalls of human research, including the placebo, nocebo, Hawthorne, John Hen... Read more

23 Sep 2020

16mins

Ranked #4

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Low Back Pain CPG: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Course

Low Back Pain CPG: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Course

Dr. David Smelser introduces the 2012 low back pain Clinical Practice Guideline and covers the sections on prevalence, r... Read more

4 Oct 2020

19mins

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Ranked #5

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Low Back Pain CPG: Red Flags and Outcome Measures

Low Back Pain CPG: Red Flags and Outcome Measures

How is the OCS going to approach low back pain differential diagnosis and red flags? Dr. David Smelser discusses low bac... Read more

15 Oct 2020

25mins

Ranked #6

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Low Back Pain Treatment-Based Classification

Low Back Pain Treatment-Based Classification

With the lumbar spine comprising 20% of the OCS exam, knowing both Fritz's 2007 treatment-based classification system an... Read more

19 Oct 2020

24mins

Ranked #7

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Low Back Pain Treatments, Stenosis, and Nerve Tension Testing

Low Back Pain Treatments, Stenosis, and Nerve Tension Testing

As we wrap up the low back pain CPG by covering the treatment section, David discusses two topics the clinical practice ... Read more

31 Oct 2020

25mins

Ranked #8

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Low Back Pain Practice Questions

Low Back Pain Practice Questions

Guest host Dr. Kim Richards, PT, DPT, OCS helps go through some practice questions on low back pain. Like the OCS, these... Read more

8 Nov 2020

18mins

Ranked #9

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Neck Pain CPG: Risk Factors, Clinical Course, Prognosis

Neck Pain CPG: Risk Factors, Clinical Course, Prognosis

Dr. Austin Kercheville begins our series on the 2017 neck pain Clinical Practice Guideline by covering neck pain prevale... Read more

17 Nov 2020

12mins

Ranked #10

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Neck Pain CPG: Red Flags, Imaging, and Outcome Measures

Neck Pain CPG: Red Flags, Imaging, and Outcome Measures

The neck pain CPG expects physical therapists to screen for red flags, but it doesn't give much detail on how to do that... Read more

6 Dec 2020

20mins

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