DC - Doctor of Chiropractic
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Consistent with the 2021 Standards of the Council on Chiropractic Education, the Doctor of Chiropractic program prepares:
…graduates to serve as competent, caring, patient-centered, and ethical doctors of chiropractic/chiropractic physicians qualified to provide independent, quality, patient-focused care to individuals of all ages and genders by:
Providing direct access, portal of entry care that does not require a referral from another source;
Establishing a partnership relationship with continuity of care for each individual patient;
Evaluating a patient and independently establishing a diagnosis or diagnoses; and,
Managing the patient’s healthcare and integrating healthcare services including treatment, recommendations for self-care, referral, and/or co-management.
(Council on Chiropractic Education Standards, July 2021)
Parker University’s Doctor of Chiropractic program includes basic, clinical, and chiropractic education with an emphasis on conservative, functional, integrated, and patient-centered methods.
At Parker, chiropractic is taught as a science, philosophy, and art concerned with the relationship between the structure and function of the human body. Parker Doctors of Chiropractic focus their attention on the neuro-musculoskeletal system’s impact on the restoration and preservation of health and function, while performing as unique practitioner in the modern integrated health care system.