Because they have yet to pass national legislation protecting the chiropractic profession, Japanese DCs are in a similar situation that U.S. DCs faced. We were fortunate enough to be able to pass chiropractic licensure state by state. The DCs in Japan must accomplish this nationally, which has proved to be an extremely difficult task. And in spite of their efforts, Japanese DCs are currently faced with two chiropractic professions.
LACC's Dr. Alan Adams Appointed to Harvard Continuing Ed. Faculty
Alan Adams, DC, vice president of professional affairs and acting director of research at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC), has been appointed to the continuing education faculty at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Adams is the sole chiropractor of the 21 faculty members involved in the Harvard course, "Alternative medicine: implications for clinical practice," which will be taught March 30-April 1 in Boston. Alterative medical therapies are defined as those that are not usually taught in medical schools in the United States and are unavailable in U.S. hospitals, including chiropractic, homeopathy, and acupuncture.
Dr. Adams will be lecturing on the efficacy of chiropractic manipulation, along with Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the UCLA medical center, and senior natural scientist at the RAND Corporation.
"This is a great opportunity for us at LACC to be included in teaching a course such as this," said Dr. Adams. "It strengthens our position on chiropractic as viable, cost-effective collaborative health care."