State licensing exam is required. Much clinical training done similar to the amount of time spent in clinical years for medical school.
Musculoskeletal training is heavily focused with minimal pharmacology training.
Studies have shown that many primary care patients want to have access to chiropractic care in addition to traditional allopathic services. Services of health care professionals vary for a given medical problem dependent upon the philosophy and training of that professional. This was based on independent assessment of research on patient outcomes in the management of low back pain. V. Anatomy, physiology, and basic science education is very similar when comparing modern allopathic and chiropractic education curriculums. Chiropractic profession founded by DD Palmer in 1895 - founding the Palmer school of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.