• Draper B
• Walsh M

• Education, Chiropractic / Australia
• Students, Chiropractic / Australia

Results: Respondents overall agreed that they had received the right level of training in most of the elements listed. Not enough training was received in such things as physiological therapeutics, CRI and MRI, philosophy and public health, while too much training was considered to have been given in biochemistry and histology. Most respondents agreed that most if not all elements should be included in any chiropractic training program. Generally actual usage of many listed elements was lower than the rate of agreement for the amount of training received and that that they considered should received.

Conclusions: The study situates the views of practitioners as a departure point for addressing the question of what it takes to train a chiropractor. The results indicate that as it concerns the knowledge and skills elements on which comment was sought in this survey, practitioners feel their inclusion in the curriculum is desirable, although some could be taught more and some less. The results indicate that actual usage of many taught elements is significantly less that what may be expected both from training received and what chiropractors also believe should be taught in a chiropractic first professional program. It would thus appear some use for surveys such as this in any future revising of standards and competency requirements by accrediting bodies.

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