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Editorial: A Century of Passing the Torch Australia’s First Lady of Chiropractic: There is
More to the Story! Chiropractic Education: The Beginning The Development of Chiropractic Educational
Standards, 1905-1947: A Review Chiropractic Education in Australia: Historical
Perspectives and Contemporary Issues Towards and Integrative Chiropractic Curriculum
Design Commentary: The Value of a Journal in the Learning
and Practice of Critical Thought Letters : Book Reviews: Briefly ABSTRACTS Australia's First Lady of Chiropractic: There is More to the Story! R. Graham Hunt There has been some misinformation that has crept into the historical record of chiropractic in Australia. The remarkable contribution made by one family to the early practice of chiropractic in Australia came from the fact that the parents were prepared to look beyond the orthodox for appropriate treatment of their youngest daughter’s affilictions. The kindness and enthusiasm of the grand daughter of Australia’s first lady of chiropractic has enabled correction of inaccuracies in accounts given of the events that led Mrs Barbara Brake to be the first Australian to study chiropractic in 1904 and 1905. INDEX TERMS: (MeSH) Australia; Victoria; Chiropractic; Osteopathy; History of Chiropractic; History of Medicine, 20th Century; Historical Article; Australia; America; Scotland Chiropr J Aust 1997;27;27:42-50 Chiropractic Education: The Beginning ROLF E. PETERS and MARY ANN CHANCE This year the chiropractic profession is celebrating the centenary of practitioner education. A review of contemporary publications revealed the identity of the graduates of D.D. Palmer’s school prior to his first departure of California, that chiropracatic tutorials occurred earlier than previously accepted, the first foreign student was Australian, the second Japanese, and that the education of women in chiropractic started at the beginning of the second year of chiropractic education, some four years before Rush Medical College accepted its first female student. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC, EDUCATION; HISTORY OF CHIROPRACTIC; HISTORICAL ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENTURY. Chiropr J Aust 1997; 27:51-63 The Development of Chiropractic Educational Standards, 1905-1947: A Review Joseph C. Keating, Jr Fifty years ago the National Chiropractic Association (NCA) created its Council on Education, which became the independent Council on Education-USA in 1971. Formation of the NCA’s council was the result of more than 40 years of struggle within the profession to standardise chiropractors’ scope of training and practice. A review of people and events in those pre-Council years is provided. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: Education, Chiropractic; Education, Standards Chiropr J Aust 1997; 27:64-9 Chiropractic Education in Australia: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues STANLEY P. BOLTON This paper traces the history of the development of chiropractic education in Australia, its entry into the tertiary education system and subsequent absorption into universities resulting from government policy. Contemporary issues such as the imperative for further courses in chiropractic within the framework of education of health professionals in Australia; perceived and possible conflict of interest in the Joint Education Committee of participating Australasian Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Boards’ chiropractic course assessment process; and failure by Macquarie University to recognise the Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree are identified and discussed. Some conclusions are drawn. INDEX TERMS: Chiropractic education; History; Chiropractic in Universities; Australia Chiropr J Aust 1997;27:70-7 Towards and Integrative Chiropractic Curriculum Design ANDRIES M. KLEYNHANS Development of a teaching program that will effectively integrate current knowledge with clinical skills in order to prepare future chiropractic graduates for practice in the socio-cultural and legal context in which it takes place requires fundamental changes in course content and curriculum design. An integrative Curriculum Design (ICD) for chiropractic which places strong emphasis on evidence-based problem-solving is proposed. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: Chiropractic; Chiropractic, Education; Australia Chiropr J Aust 1997; 27:78-84 Commentary: The Value of a Journal in the Learning and Practice of Critical Thought PHILLIP EBRALL The objective of this commentary is to heighten awareness of the value of a journal of record in the learning and practice of critical thought, and to argue that a professional association such as the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia, which funds this particular journal, has a serious and immutable responsibility to professional imperatives which include maintenance of a journal, over fringe benefits. A journal is taken as being a periodical of the chiropractic profession which is peer reviewed, indexed, and reports new knowledge relevant to the profession within the context of papers which contain justifiable (referenced) statements, which may then be of benefit to the profession. The commentary demonstrates that there is value for a journal to be a tool to aid the learning and practice of critical thought. This commentary reports current learning technology as applied within the chiropractic course at RMIT University, and integrates critical comment from students with interpretative comment from the author, set within a qualitative framework drawn from contemporaneous history of the association. The conclusion is made that it would seem that education of this nature could wisely be a prerequisite for those charged with carrying decisions of magnitude which impact on the next generation of chiropractors regarding their right to record and read both the contemporary knowledge and the historical development of the profession’s knowledge. The challenge for elected leaders of the association is to demonstrate the value-added visionary thinking demanded of today’s organisations by maintaining a quality journal of record for the benefit of members of both the association and the profession. INDEX TERMS: MeSH: Critical-Thinking; Computer-Assisted-Instruction; Chiropractic; Australia Chiropr J Aust 1997; 27:85-92 |
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