It is important to make sure your chiropractor is a graduate of an accredited chiropractic institution.
Chiropractic is an internationally recognized profession with a single high standard of education. In countries where there is registration of the profession, the titles chiropractor, chiropractic physician, or *Doctor of Chiropractic all indicate that a person is the holder of a chiropractic degree from a professional degree-granting programme. This course would be a minimum of 5 +1 years of university in the Oxford educational system, or 4 +1 years of graduate professional school, after university, in the North American system.
*-not a medical or dental qualification
Often, in unregulated jurisdictions, especially when traditional-practice bone-setting is translated into English, people who do not have chiropractic training use the terms “chiropractor” or “chiropractic” as a generic term describing the joint manipulation or even massage that they provide. This is misleading advertising and potentially poses a threat to public safety. Because of this “training gap” the difference in the level of differential diagnostic ability between these groups can be substantial, and often, knowing when not to initiate a course of chiropractic intervention is more important than knowing how to manipulate a joint, as well as selecting an appropriate type of care to suit the patient’s specific case.
You may refer to the following links for a list of accredited
chiropractic institutions worldwide:
Continuing Professional Development
Chiropractors have to continue to maintain competence and enhance their current skills in relation to their practise of the profession. Therefore CPD (Continuing Professional Development) is a process by which chiropractors can extend their knowledge and expertise to improve health outcomes and meet the changing needs of the community they serve.
Professional members of The Chiropractic Association (Singapore) have to complete a minimum of 8 CE (Continuing Education) hours, a.k.a. CPD, for each financial year. If the CE hours in the financial year exceeds 8 CE hours, a maximum of 4 CE hours can be carried forward to next year. In the event that 8 CE hours is not achieved, the shortfall of CE hours can be carried forward to be done in the next year.
