Table 6 Respondents’ opinions by year in program*
From: Chiropractic identity, role and future: a survey of North American chiropractic students
Yr 1 (%) | Yr 2 (%) | Yr 3 (%) | Total (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctors of chiropractic should be considered | ||||
Complementary/alternative health practitioners | 25.3 | 23.0 | 30.8 | 26.6 |
Mainstream health care practitioners | 74.7 | 77.0 | 69.2 | 73.4 |
The most important practice paradigm for the chiropractic profession is | ||||
Subluxation correction only focus | 15.6 | 12.0 | 21.0 | 16.4 |
Primary spine/musculoskeletal care physician | 48.7 | 45.7 | 54.2 | 49.7 |
General/Primary care physician | 29.6 | 34.3 | 18.4 | 27.0 |
Other | 6.2 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
The most important setting for chiropractic health care is | ||||
Integrated settings with other health care disciplines including allopathic medicine | 25.5 | 34.2 | 30.5 | 30.1 |
Integrated settings with alternative medicine practitioners only | 5.6 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 |
Alone or with other DC’s, without integration with any other health care disciplines | 7.8 | 6.1 | 11.8 | 8.7 |
Any/all of the above | 61.1 | 57.3 | 52.7 | 56.9 |
Chiropractic researchers should focus future efforts primarily on | ||||
Physiological mechanisms of chiropractic adjustments | 54.7 | 49.1 | 46.4 | 49.9 |
Outcomes/cost-effectiveness of chiropractic care | 23.8 | 32.3 | 32.7 | 29.8 |
Outcomes/cost-effectiveness of integrative care models | 21.4 | 18.7 | 20.9 | 20.4 |