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Table 5 Respondents’ agreement with statements about practice and identity, by topic and year in program*

From: Chiropractic identity, role and future: a survey of North American chiropractic students

 

A (%)

N (%)

D (%)

Identity and setting

Chiropractic providers should maintain portal of entry (direct access) status.

  Year 1

84.7

14.0

1.3

  Year 2

90.1

8.3

1.6

  Year 3

90.1

7.3

2.6

Inclusion of clinical chiropractic training internships and post-graduate residencies in integrative medical settings is important to the progression of the chiropractic profession.

  Year 1

74.3

17.9

7.8

  Year 2

73.0

13.1

13.9

  Year 3

72.5

9.4

18.1

Scope of practice

Emphasis of chiropractic intervention is to eliminate vertebral subluxations/vertebral subluxation complexes.

  Year 1

67.6

17.8

14.6

  Year 2

67.2

17.1

15.7

  Year 3

61.8

14.2

23.9

The chiropractic profession should expand its scope of practice to include prescribing of medication, with appropriate advanced training.

  Year 1

33.1

13.4

53.5

  Year 2

22.7

15.7

61.6

  Year 3

26.9

12.9

60.2

It is appropriate for the chiropractic profession to distinguish and promote two separate subgroups of broad scope (providing manual and other non-drug procedures) and limited scope (providing subluxation correction only).

  Year 1

37.8

29.5

32.7

  Year 2

28.4

28.1

43.5

  Year 3

32.1

26.9

41.0

Chiropractic intervention should consist of chiropractic adjustment only.

  Year 1

11.3

11.0

77.7

  Year 2

10.9

6.4

82.7

  Year 3

18.7

10.5

70.7

  1. NOTE—all the above differed significantly.
  2. *Items are only included if the differences among year in program responses were significant at the p < .05 level (Chi square test).
  3. A = agree; N = neutral; D = disagree.