If you think your state organization is doing what is best for you, think again. It seems receiving credit for something and having a new picture in their journal is more important than doing what is best for all chiropractors. After Governor Pataki signed legislation to include chiropractic coverage under all insurance policies, each of the three state organizations tried to take sole credit for this law's acceptance. Another two examples, and certainly not limited to the following, are Chiro America and Kids' Day America. If we want to become more widely accepted by the world, maybe we should take a long hard look at ourselves and how we work with one another, or ostracize each other.
Inclusion is more beneficial than exclusion.
I know this is not a new practice, and that several North American colleges support or have supported such expeditions. I graduated from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in Bournemouth, England last September. As a Mexican chiropractor, I am required by Mexican law upon graduation to fulfill a community service as a chiropractor. This service is necessary to get licensed in Mexico, and it takes 480 hours of working in mostly poor and dodgy areas of Mexico. Students of any nationality, even Mexicans and Americans, are not allowed to adjust any patients on Mexican soil unless they are doctors of chiropractic.