Training
Description
Keiser University College of Chiropractic Medicine located in West Palm Beach is South Florida’s only Doctor of Chiropractic Program. Our professional program consisting of ten semesters of study which are completed over 40 months. It combines traditional lectures with small group learning, weekly conferences and seminars, laboratory and experiential sessions, and clinical training opportunities at a number of sites. All coursework includes case-based relevancy for chiropractic practice as a portal-of-entry profession dedicated to excellence in spine care. Throughout the ten semesters of study, a number of cross-cutting themes are embedded within the courses, enabling students to integrate their studies around a clinically relevant framework. These themes all focus on the role of chiropractic as a conservative clinical approach to spine care, and include chiropractic sports medicine, chiropractic geriatrics, and chiropractic general practice, as well as other cross-cutting themes such as wellness and health maintenance; ethic, professionalism and life-long learning; and, the role of the chiropractor as a team member in mainstream healthcare and public health. The Doctor of Chiropractic Program emphasizes the promotion of evidence-based health care, inter-professional collaboration and practice, and the highest standards of professional ethics
Course Curriculum
Doctor of Chiropractic Core Courses (217.0 credit hours) Biochemistry 1 5.0 credit hours Physiology 1 3.0 credit hours Biochemistry 2 3.0 credit hours Physiology 2 3.0 credit hours Gross and Spinal Anatomy 1 8.0 credit hours Histology 2.0 credit hours Gross and Spinal Anatomy 2 5.0 credit hours Gross Anatomy 3 5.0 credit hours Embryology and Genetics 1.0 credit hour Neuroscience 6.0 credit hours Pathology 1 3.0 credit hours Chiropractic Therapeutics 1 3.0 credit hours Principles of Chiropractic Practice 1 1.0 credit hour Chiropractic Therapeutics 2 5.0 credit hours Principles of Chiropractic Practice 2 1.0 credit hour Chiropractic Therapeutics 3 5.0 credit hours Principles of Chiropractic Practice 3 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 1 1.0 credit hour Clinical Case Conference 1 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 2 2.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 3 1.0 credit hour Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Pathology 2 3.0 credit hours Clinical Microbiology and Immunology 4.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 1 – Examination 5.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 2 – Introduction to Orthopedics 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 3 – Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 4 – Orthopedics 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 5 – Clinical Laboratory Seminar 1.0 credit hour Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 6 – Neurology 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic Imaging 1 Technique 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic Imaging 2 Technique 2.0 credit hours Chiropractic Therapeutics 4 5.0 credit hours Principles of Chiropractic Practice 4 1.0 credit hour Chiropractic Therapeutics 5 – Clinical Nutrition 4.0 credit hours Chiropractic Therapeutics 6 5.0 credit hours Chiropractic Therapeutics 7 – Physiological Therapeutics 3.0 credit hours Chiropractic Therapeutics 8 4.0 credit hours Chiropractic Therapeutics 9 – Rehabilitation 3.0 credit hours Clinical and Professional Development 4 2.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 5 2.0 credit hours Clinical Practice 1 4.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 6 2.0 credit hours Clinical Practice 2 4.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 7 – Orthopedics 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 8 – Systems Disorders 5.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 9 – Emergency Care 1.0 credit hour Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 10 – Women’s Health and Chiropractic Pediatrics 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 11 – Pharmacology 1.0 credit hour Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 12 – Systems Disorders 5.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 13 – Chiropractic Geriatrics 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 14 – Public Health 2.0 credit hours Diagnostic and Clinical Sciences 15 – Topics in Contemporary Healthcare 2.0 credit hours Diagnostic Imaging 3 Technique and Interpretation 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic Imaging 4 Interpretation 3.0 credit hours Diagnostic Imaging 5 – Interpretation 1.0 credit hour Chiropractic Therapeutics 10 – Nutritional Therapy Seminar 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 7 1.0 credit hour Clinical Practice 3 – Pre-clerkship 5.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Clinical and Professional Development 8 2.0 credit hours Clinical Practice 4 – Clerkship 6.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Clinical Practice 5 – Clerkship 13.0 credit hours Grand Rounds 1.0 credit hour Clinical Practice 6- Clerkship or Preceptorship 15.0 credit hours
Trainer Expertise
Chiropractor
