Chiropractic Research
 
 

 

Comparison of Hours of Basic Sciences Education in Medical and Chiropractic Schools

Subject

Chiropractic Schools

Medical Schools
  Hours % of Total Hours % of Total
Anatomy

570

40

368

31
Biochemistry

150

11

120

10
Microbiology

120

8

120

10
Public Health

70

5

289

24
Physiology

305

21

142

12
Pathology

205

14

162

14
Total Hours

1,420

100

1,200

100

Source: Center for Studies in Health Policy, Inc., Washington, DC. Personal communication of 1995 unpublished data from Meredith Gonyea, PhD.

 

 

 

 

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