Education
Chiropractic is an academic education and can be partly compared to a study Medicine. After five years of college a student has his/her diploma, and then has to do an additional training of one year. Chiropractic is a intensive and expensive study. People deciding to attend this study are generally very motivated. It is only given in English and can be studied in the U.S.A., England, Denmark, Canada and Australia.
The summary below shows you a comparison of the number of study-hours in Chiropractic college and regular medical school in the U.S.A.:
| Chiropractic | subject | Medicine |
|---|---|---|
540 |
Anatomy/embryology |
508 |
240 |
physiology |
320 |
360 |
pathology |
401 |
165 |
chemistry |
325 |
120 |
microbiology |
114 |
630 |
diagnostics |
324 |
320 |
neurology |
112 |
360 |
radiology |
148 |
60 |
psychiatry |
144 |
60 |
gynaecology |
148 |
210 |
orthopedics |
156 |
3.065 |
sub total | 2.706 |
| other compulsory courses | Pharmacology | |
| Spine manipulation | Immunologie | |
| Advanced radiology | Surgery | |
| 4.485 | total number of hours | 4.248 |
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Chiropractor of the year 2010
On 18 september 2010 was Shamim Khorsand chosen by members of the Dutch Chiropractic
Federation (DCF) as chiropractor of the year.
"His dedication, expertise, efforts to organize the Chiropractie week and commitment to chiropractic led no doubt for members of DCF to choose him as chiropractor of the year. "
