WFC Task Force Assembled

Editorial Staff

In September, the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) announced its intention to establish a Task Force on Chiropractic Identity, designed to "direct and facilitate an inclusive and comprehensive international consultation with members of the profession and other relevant parties on the public identity of the chiropractic profession." As we go to press, the federation has announced that it has completed its selection process, allowing the task force to begin work on enhancing the role and purpose of the chiropractic profession in the eyes of the general public.

The task force is comprised of 40 members (34 doctors of chiropractic, one chiropractic student and five laypersons) and is chaired by three of the profession's most respected statesmen: Dr. Paul Carey, president of the WFC and past president of the Canadian Chiropractic Association; Dr. Gerard Clum, WFC second vice president and president of Life Chiropractic College West; and Dr. Peter Dixon, president of the European Chiropractors' Union and a past president of the British Chiropractic Association. It features residents of 14 countries and graduates of 13 chiropractic colleges, providing broad representation from six continents and nearly every facet of the chiropractic profession.

The task force's first objective is to review past surveys and research related to chiropractic identity. On Feb. 26-28, 2004, the task force will meet at Life Chiropractic College West to approve methods and procedures to be used for an electronic survey, which will be sent to all chiropractors worldwide between April and June 2004. Results of the survey will be presented at the WFC's 8th Biennial Assembly in Sydney, Australia in June 2005.

For more information, visit www.wfc.org or contact Gillian Sloane-Seale at gsloane-seale@wfc.org.

World Federation of Chiropractic Task Force on Chiropractic Identity
Name (Country)
Nominated by
Joel Alcantara, DC (USA) International Chiropractic Pediatric Association
Bram B. Briggance, PhD (USA) Co-chairs (layperson)
Joseph E. Brimhall, DC (USA) Council on Chiropractic Education International
Paul F. Carey, DC (Canada) WFC Council
Carl Cleveland III, DC (USA) Association of Chiropractic Colleges
Gerard Clum, DC (USA) WFC Council (co-chair)
Peter Dixon, DC (United Kingdom) WFC Council (co-chair)
C. Kevin Donovan, DC (USA) Congress of Chiropractic State Associations
Philippe A. Druart, DC (Belgium) European Chiropractors' Union
Phillip S. Ebrall, BAppSc (Australia) Co-chairs (education/research)
Homer E. Firestone, DC (Bolivia) WFC Latin American Region
Peter G. Furno, DC (USA) Self
Matthew Givrad, PhD (USA) Co-chairs (layperson)
Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD (USA) Co-chair) (education/research)
Donald J. Henderson, DC, FCCS(C), FCCR(C), DACBR (Canada) Self
Espen F. Johannessen, DC Norway Norwegian Chiropractic Association
Susan King, DC (United Kingdom) Co-chairs (education/research)
David B. Koch, DC (USA) Palmer Chiropractic University System
Henrik Lauge Laugesen, DC (Denmark) Danish Chiropractors' Association
Barry J. Lewis, DC (United Kingdom) WFC European Region
Pran Manga, PhD, MPhil (Canada) Co-chairs (layperson)
George B. McClelland, DC (USA) WFC North American Region (ACA)
William P. McDonald, DC, MSEd (USA) Self
Athol A. McLean, DC (Namibia) WFC African Region
Silvano A. Mior, DC, FCCS (Canada) Co-chairs (education/research)
Jean Moss DC, MBA (Canada) Association of Chiropractic Colleges
Greg Oke, BAppSc(Chiro) (New Zealand) New Zealand Chiropractors' Association
Efstathios Papadopoulos, DC (Cyprus) WFC Eastern Mediterranean Region
E. Daniel Quatro, DC (USA) New York State Chiropractic Association
Dennis Richards, DC (Australia) WFC Pacific Region
Jean Robert, DC (Switzerland) Co-chairs (education/research)
Louis Sportelli, DC (USA) NCMIC
Gregory B. Stewart, DC (Canada) WFC North American Region (CCA)
Anna Maria Svabo Jorgensen, DC (Singapore) WFC Asian Region
Ann-Liss Taarup (Denmark) Co-chairs (layperson)
Irene G. Turner, PhD (United Kingdom) Co-chairs (layperson)
Cindy Vaughn, DC (USA) Self
Adrian B. Wenban, BAppSc, MMedS (Spain) Self
Victoria Wheeldon (United Kingdom) World Congress of Chiropractic Students
Stephanie Youngblood, DC, FICA (USA) WFC North American Region (ICA)

 


December 2003
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