Dr. Cheryl Hawk (r) and Dr. Marie Dusio of the Palmer Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
The Palmer Institute of Graduate Studies and Research has been awarded a research contract from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This is the largest federal contract ever awarded to Palmer's Research Institute, and the second in two years.
The project, "The role of chiropractors in the delivery of interdisciplinary health care in rural areas," will be directed by Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, an assistant professor at Palmer. The associate director is Marie Dusio, DC, a Palmer research instructor. The project will seek to identify ways DCs can work more effectively with other health care providers.
In applying for the HRSA research contract, Dr. Hawk formed a project advisory group which includes Howard Balduc, DC, ACA representative; Blair Bauer, DC, a Palmer College alumni who has practiced since 1980 in rural North Dakota; Kathi Fuller, MA, program director of the Rural Health Education program at Western Michigan University; Joanne Nyiendo, PhD, director of research at Western States Chiropractic College; Pamela Spohn, PhD, principal investigator of the Interdisciplinary Training in Rural Areas grant at the University of Wisconsin; and Jerry Willis, DC, a Palmer College graduate who has practiced more than 20 years in rural Virginia. Health care professionals from a variety of disciplines will serve as consultants on the project. Palmer College assistant professor and public services librarian Barb Schmiechen has conducted an extensive literature search as one of the first steps in the project.
"We need input from chiropractors who are involved in any kind of rural and/or interdisciplinary delivery of care in order to complete this important project," Dr. Hawk said. Anyone interested in interdisciplinary care, rural health care, or both areas should contact Dr. Hawk at the Palmer Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, 741 Brady St., Davenport, Iowa 52803, telephone (319) 327-0162.
Dr. Hawk said the study could have a significant impact on how chiropractors work in the future with other health care professionals in rural areas.
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.
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There has long been an attempt by those who are not legitimate doctors of chiropractic to usurp the title of chiropractor from those who have earned their degree from an accredited chiropractic program. This generally happens in countries where the local doctors of chiropractic have yet to pass legislation requiring a degree from an accredited institution. The result is essentially two chiropractic professions. Nowhere is this danger more pronounced than in Japan.
