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Chiropractors vs Doctors
It’s thought by some that chiropractors are not on par with medical doctors and that our education is not comparable.
Here’s some intriguing information across I came when researching the whole “chiropractors vs doctors” information I found It was a test between medical students and chiropractic students that can add to the conversation of chiropractors vs doctors…
Here are the results from a basic test designed by medical orthopedic residency professors to test the knowledge of medical residents vs. chiropractic students. In the orthopedic test 82% of medical school graduates failed the examination. [1]
However, four years later the test was simplified and made easier, but once again, 78% of the medical resident examinees failed to demonstrate basic clinical competency in musculoskeletal medicine. [2]
Chiropractors vs Doctors
When this test was given to chiropractic students who were in their final quarter of clinic, 70% of them passed the same exam! [3]
1. Adequacy of Medical School Education in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1998 (Oct); 80-A (10): 1421–1427
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/Adequacy.shtml
2. Educational Deficiencies in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2002 (Apr); 84–A (4): 604–608
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/Educational_Deficiencies.shtml
3. A Comparison of Chiropractic Student Knowledge Versus Medical Residents
Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic Congress 2001 Pgs. 255
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/A_Comparison_of_Chiropractic_Student_Knowledge.shtml
Chiropractors vs Doctors
