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Chiropractors go through an immense amount of schooling to receive a "Doctor of Chiropractic" degree (also
known as D.C.) Their collegiate agenda is as follows:
- Complete at least (2) years undergraduate study, with strong focus on the sciences
- Four years of chiropractic education
- Mandatory internships
- At least 900 hours of work in a chiropractic clinic
- After graduating, must pass a written and oral board exam at the national and individual state levels
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Chiropractic Student Hours
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Class Description
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Medical Student Hours
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520
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Anatomy
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508
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420
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Physiology
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326
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271
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Pathology
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335
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300
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Chemistry
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325
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114
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Bacteriology
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130
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370
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Diagnosis
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374
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320
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Neurology
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112
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217
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X-Ray
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148
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65
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Psychiatry
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144
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65
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
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198
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225
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Orthopedics
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156
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2887
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Total Hours
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2756
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1598
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Specialty Courses
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1492
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4485
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Entire Total Hours
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4248
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- Classroom hours based on the review of curriculum catalogs from eleven chiropractic colleges and
twenty-two medical schools in the United States. (1996)
- A similar review was based on the 1988-89 Association of American Colleges Curriculum Directory
(Vickie Ahari, Editor) and the 1988-89 Chiropractic College Admissions and Curriculum Directory (K.
Magarian and K. McNamee, Editors). It found that the minimum Chiropractic college hours were 2,419, while
the minimum Medical school hours were 2,047.
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Dr. Knapp's Selected Continuing Education
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- MRI and Chiropractic
- Fibromyalgia syndrome, muscle dysfunction, and myofacial pain
- Advanced muscle palpation
- Pathology of the intervertebral disc: imaging and clinical implications
- Assessment of common clinical disorders diagnosis - imaging - management
- The practical application of chiropractic principles in the year 2000
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