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Last Friday the CCE reviewed and approved the 3rd draft submitted by the Task Force on Accreditation Standards Improvement. After multiple amendments were offered by individual council members and approved, Dr. Guy Riekeman submitted a proposed amendment for consideration. Acknowledging the feedback from the profession at large, he suggested that the new standards include a reference to the foundational concepts upon which our profession is based. Although my notes may not be exact, the proposed amendment was:
The core content, or topics of study, on a foundational basis include:
1. The human body is intelligent and is a self-healing, maintaining and regenerating organism.
2. The nervous system is critical to the healthy functioning and adaption of the organism.
3. Dysfunction of the relationship between structure, primarily of the spine and function, primarily of the nervous system results in adverse health affects.
4. Within the clinical application of chiropractic, correction of subluxations and/or other neuro-biomechanical faults focuses on the goal of reducing the burden of disease, advancing disease prevention and promoting health and wellness.
You would think that the inclusion of the above in chiropractic education would be a "no-brainer". After a discussion of the fact that the CCE doesn't support any specific philosophy and a comment from one council member that subluxation is not evidence informed, the council overwhelmingly defeated the motion. What else needs to be said?
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