Experience of Friend/Family Being Adjusted - 4%
The Chiropractic Philosophy - 14%
Wanted a Better Than Average Income - 12%
Wanted to Help People - 27%
These results are based upon answers from 164 respondents who took the survey.
ChiroPoll's current survey asks:
"If a medical doctor wants to become a doctor of chiropractic, how many years of chiropractic college should they attend?"This question will be featured on ChiroPoll ([url=http://www.chiroweb.com/chiropoll]http://www.chiroweb.com/chiropoll[/url]) from June 15 - June 29. The results will be reported in the July 27, 1998 issue of Dynamic Chiropractic.
The next question will be:
"After a chiropractor gets their DC degree, what degree (if any) should they get next?"On ChiroPoll from June 29 - July 13
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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A central challenge in creating our identity is that chiropractic is a method of care, not a technique or procedure. This is an important concept for us to promote. Our patients are treated with lifestyle modification, exercise, nutritional supplements, diet and a whole-body approach to accelerate the natural healing process. We are not simply CMT providers.
The results of a global survey released late last year (2023) unveiled some startling findings among medical and nursing students. The “Clinician of the Future: 2023 Education Edition” surveyed 2,212 students, of which 446 were in the United States, from 91 countries.
