jesse14 said:
What about looking at chiropractic colleges?? They are MUCH better trained than DO and PT's in manipulation simply due to the longer time they spend learning and honing the skill.
Just an idea...
Actually, chiropractors are not better trained at all. And this statement is supported by the
chiropractic literature. From:
http://www.chiroandosteo.com/content/13/1/10
"While the standards for chiropractic education have advanced over the years, there remains much work to be done. Doxey and Phillips, in their paper on entrance requirements to the various professional health care disciplines demonstrated that chiropractic colleges have the least stringent matriculation requirements [4]. Currently, only one chiropractic college requires a baccalaureate degree as an admission requirement. Seven states currently require a baccalaureate degree before granting a chiropractic license and seven have it under consideration, but few of these require that the degree was acquired before entering chiropractic school [5]. There is currently no required chiropractic college admission test."
"Undergraduate training in chiropractic school consists of approximately 4,200 clock hours of didactic and practical education, with the last year spent treating patients, in some cases while still attending classes. There is only one chiropractic college in the U.S. that follows the academic standard of two semesters per year. Trimesters or quarter systems of education within chiropractic were used in an effort to reduce the time spent in school.
In general, the first four to five academic terms are spent studying basic sciences while also learning the basics of spinal examination and treatment. Terms five through eight are spent in clinical classes such a diagnostic imaging, clinical neurology, physical examination, geriatrics, pediatrics, case management and the like. In addition, it is during these terms that students refine their diagnostic and treatment skills for the management of joint diseases, primarily of the spine."
4200 clock hours is FAR less than either a DO or a DPT. Oops. But the worst is yet to come...
"Chiropractic externs are currently required to complete 250 joint manipulations, 20 complete history and physical examinations, 20 radiology studies and 15 complete patient workups, from admission to discharge, during their last year in chiropractic school (externship) while treating outpatients. The CCE is mandating that these numbers increase incrementally over the next 6 years to a total of 35.
Often these outpatients seen by chiropractic externs are friends and family members, some of whom are even paid by interns to attend the clinics for care. Nyiendo and Haldeman give credence to this finding in a study in 1986 where they concluded that "patients [in a chiropractic college teaching clinic] are not truly representative of patients seen by chiropractors in the field; they are relatively young, with mild complaints." The study concludes by suggesting that these students' clinical training may not reach the level that is necessary to manage patient problems in active practice after graduation [6]. Nyiendo confirmed these findings in 1990 [7]. Further investigation suggests that these patient types are consistent amongst chiropractic school clinics [8]."
Now I can assure you that both DOs and DPTs treat actual, sick patients, not recruited family members. An as an allopathic student I performed "250 (medication doses or procedures), 20 complete history and physical examinations, 20 radiology studies and 15 complete patient workups" in my first two weeks of my third year internal medicine clerkship. DOs have the same training. I always knew chiropractic education was a joke, but I never realized it was this bad. Scary, really, really scary.
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