RCC Sports Faculty

Welcome to the RCC Sports Faculty (RCCSF).

Faculty Officers

Chair: Meriel Davis FRCC (Sport)
Secretary: Iain Crombie FRCC (Sport)
Director of Academic Affairs: Dan Morgan FRCC (Sport)

Role of the Sports Faculty

To promote the practice of sports chiropractic
To improve and maintain standards in sports chiropractic for the benefit of patients
To optimise athletic performance through the highest quality of chiropractic management, rehabilitation and prevention of sports related injuries
To promote education, training and clinical research into the cause, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of sports related injuries and the optimisation of athletic performance
To encourage the investigation and evaluation of sports performance
To correlate and disseminate information regarding chiropractic management of sports related injuries to members and the chiropractic profession at large
To establish the standardisation of the terminology of sports chiropractic within the chiropractic profession
To seek specialist status
To seek to maintain and develop the liaison with the student sports chiropractic organisations that have been established in the UK undergraduate colleges
To be the UK national subscribing member of the Internationale Fédèration de Chiropratique du Sport (“FICS”).

The RCCSF provides financial support for RCCSF members to undertake research projects in the field of sports chiropractic (subject to advice from the RCC Research Committee).

Any RCC member can join the Sports Faculty as an Associate, simply by demonstrating an interest in Sports Chiropractic. In order to join and progress through a specialist faculty, the member must have a minimum status of Licentiate Member of the Royal College.

Join the Sports Faculty

Progressing your Sports Faculty membership

Core Competencies (RCCSF) Routes to RCCSF membership

Request your Clinical Logbook and mentor by contacting membership@rcc-uk.org.

Sports Faculty FAQ

Current Members and Fellows of the RCCSF now have the opportunity, and are positively encouraged, to review the document, identify any personal learning needs and plan any learning required as part of their CPD activity going forward. To help you, the RCCSF has produced an education programme which you will have access to this.

If you successfully complete the FICS ICSC programme, you will have demonstrated many of the Core Competencies defined in the document and you will be eligible for Licentiate status of the RCCSF.

If you are an RCCSF Licentiate, you will already have many of the core competencies defined in the document. However, to achieve RCCSF Membership status, you will need to achieve and demonstrate the remaining competencies. To help you do this, the RCCSF has developed an education programme and associated clinical logbook which makes it clear which competencies you need to address and how. Just as with the ICSC programme, attaining these additional core competencies will be challenging and will take time, but will be worthwhile and achievable.

To progress to Fellowship status, you can mix and match any of the following to demonstrate further relevant competencies/achievement: completion of a focused/more extensive clinical logbook documenting relevant cases managed, formal M-level study (e.g. any relevant MSc studies), rmembership@rcc-uk.orgelevant activity as a teacher/assessor, active involvement in relevant committee activity and/or publication of peer-reviewed articles. Please contact membership@rcc-uk.org to discuss a tailored approach that will be suitable for you.

Register of RCC Sports Faculty members

A Register of Licentiates, full Members and Fellows of the Sports Faculty can be accessed below.

RCCSF Register