Chiropractic vs. Medical Education


Basic Science and Diagnosis
*Minimum classroom hours required to attain degree

Chiropractic

Subject

Medical

540

Anatomy-Embryology

508

240

Physiology

326

360

Pathology-Geriatrics-Pediatrics

401

165

Chemistry

325

120

Microbiology

114

630

Diagnosis, Dermatology,
eyes-ears-nose-throat

324

320

Neurology

112

360

Radiology

148

60

Psychology-Psychiatry

144

60

Obstetrics-Gynecology

148

210

Orthopedics

156

3,065

TOTAL

2,706

*Classroom hours based on the review of curriculum catalogs from eleven colleges and twenty-two medical schools in the United States (1996)

A similar review was based on the 1988-89 Association of American Medical Colleges Curriculum Direcotry (Vickie Ahari, Editor) and the 1988-89 Chiropractic College Admissions and Curriculum Directory (K. Magarian and K. McNamee, Editors). It found that the minimum Chiropractic College hours were 2,419, while the minimum Medical school hours were 2,047.
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