Improving education in health promotion and prevention has been identified as a priority for all accredited professional health care training programs, an issue recently addressed by a collaboration of stakeholders in chiropractic education who developed a model course outline for public health education. Using a course evaluation questionnaire, the authors surveyed students in the public health course at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) before and after the implementation of new course content based on the model course outline. Following the new course, there were significant improvements in perceived relevance to chiropractic practice and motivation to learn the material as a foundation for clinical practice. Changes made to the content and delivery of the course based on the model course outline were well received in the short term.
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April 01 2007
Curriculum Reform in a Public Health Course at a Chiropractic College: Are We Making Progress Toward Improving Clinical Relevance?
Cameron Borody, BSc, DC, FCCSS(C);
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
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Hettie Till, MSc, MMedEd, DEd
Hettie Till, MSc, MMedEd, DEd
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
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J Chiropr Educ (2007) 21 (1): 20–27.
Article history
Received:
September 09 2006
Revision Received:
November 02 2006
Accepted:
November 11 2006
Citation
Cameron Borody, Hettie Till; Curriculum Reform in a Public Health Course at a Chiropractic College: Are We Making Progress Toward Improving Clinical Relevance?. J Chiropr Educ 1 April 2007; 21 (1): 20–27. doi: https://doi.org/10.7899/1042-5055-21.1.20
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