Chiropractic education versus Medical education
Chiropractors go through an immense amount of education to earn a Doctor of Chiropractic (a.k.a. D.C.) degree. Their collegiate agenda is as follows:
- A graduate of a four-year college.
- Completion of at least two years of undergraduate study with a focus on the sciences.
- Four years of chiropractic education.
- Complete mandatory internships.
- A minimum of 900 hours of work in a chiropractic clinic.
- Pass written and oral board examinations at the national and state levels (U.S. and Canada) upon graduation.
A chiropractor may choose to advance their degree in an area of specialty.
These areas include: Chiropractic Neurology, Radiology, Sports Medicine as well as many other fields.
| Chiropractic Education | Education Subject | Medical Education |
| Education Class hours | Education Class hours | |
| 520 | Anatomy | 508 |
| 420 | Physiology | 326 |
| 271 | Pathology | 335 |
| 300 | Chemistry | 325 |
| 114 | Bacteriology | 130 |
| 370 | Diagnosis | 374 |
| 320 | Neurology | 112 |
| 217 | Roentgen | 148 |
| 65 | Psychiatry | 144 |
| 65 | Obstetrics-Gynecology | 198 |
| 225 | Orthopedics | 156 |
| 2.887 | Total hours | 2.756 |
| Adjusting, Manipulation, Kinesiology and other similar basic subjects related to their specialty. | Other compulsory subjects | Pharmacology, Immunology, general surgery and other similar basic subjects related to their specialty. |
| 4.485 | Grand Total Class Hours | 4.248 |
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