However, since the externs don't have degrees or licenses yet. The maiority of the school work, however is done in the classroom and the laboratory. A lot of people ask how chiropractic education compares to medical education. This is understandable since medicine has become a standard by which people judge health education. But chiropractic is not medicine.
Different education is needed in different subjects in both professions.
However. it is not unheard of for a person to carry dual degrees and become a Medical Doctor and a Doctor of Chiropractic. if they want to put up with so much schooling. But after all. it is the same human body with the same anatomy and physiology that both must study. After graduation the new chiropractor must then pass a license exam in every state he or she wishes to practice. Each state has its own licensing laws and therefore the licensing examinations tend to be a little different. Box 1166, Whittier.