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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Irene N. Paulavicius, MA, Pathology Department, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 1000 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 52803, 563 884-5424, paulavicius@palmer.edu
I have had the opportunity to participate both as a member and as chair of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners test committee in the area of microbiology and public health. As chair of the test committee I voiced concern regarding the contents of the examination as they pertained to the relevancy of the actual clinical application of chiropractic practice. As I look at the weighting of the content of the current question distribution, in the last fifteen years the public health portion lost approximately six percent, while the immunology portion profited from the loss. While we continue to test our students regarding various diseases that at best affect less than one percent of our population, there is a lack of emphasis regarding the social and behavioral factors that are currently the primary threats to public health. Teaching a course that attempts to relate public health to clinical practice involves the learner's participation. Information must be integrated and strategies developed in terms of relating this information to patients. Since public health is tested within the basic sciences the method of course delivery is under most circumstances inappropriate to teaching public health. I have had the opportunity to teach public health to chiropractic students in an undergraduate program. This presentation will describe my approach to the topic and share student comments.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.