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.
News in Brief
DC Helps Athletes Compete for Olympic Dream
Sports DC and Texas Chiropractic College faculty member, Dr. Todd Riddle, is helping athletes compete for their Olympic dream. Most recently, he accompanied the Australian bobsleigh and skeleton teams to World Cup competitions in Altenberg and Winterberg, Germany, in advance of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. In 2018, Dr. Riddle was team DC for the Nigerian Women's Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
A Call for Abstracts
The World Federation of Chiropractic has announced a call for abstracts in advance of the November 2022 WFC-ACC Global Education Conference, hosted by Logan University. "Submitted material should be pertinent to teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation, faculty development, governance, or any area of education." For complete guidelines, visit www.wfc.org/educonf2022.
Following a national search, Life University has named Dr. Michael Clusserath dean of the College of Chiropractic, and Dr. Cathy Faust dean of the College of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Clusserath has been with Life U. since 2012; Dr. Faust has more than 23 years with the university. The two educators assumed their respective new positions effective Jan. 3, 2022.