Dr. Chris Berard finished his prerequisites in Science then went to a four-year post-graduate chiropractic college.
The average DC curriculum consists of the following:
First year
Chiropractic Procedures; Clinical Applied Chiropractic; Functional Anatomy and biomechanics; Fundamentals of Nutrition; General Anatomy; Histology; Human Biomechanics; Human Physiology; Introduction to Physical Examination Skills; Neuroscience; Normal Radiological Anatomy; Palpation
Second year
Chiropractic Principles; Chiropractic Procedures; Clinical Applied Chiropractic; Clinical Microbiology; Clinical Nutrition; Clinical Orthopedics and Neurology; Community health
Differential Diagnosis; Radiographic Imaging Interpretation; Jurisprudence; Nutritional Assessment; Pathology; Pharmacotoxicology; Physics and Clinical Imaging; Physiological Therapeutics; Practice Management; Research Methods
Third year
Chiropractic Principles; Clinical Application of Manual Procedures; Clinical Internship; Clinical Laboratory Clerkship; Clinical psychology; Dermatology; Differential Diagnosis
Geriatrics; Imaging Interpretation; Integrated Chiropractic Clinical Application; Jurisprudence; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics; Physiological Therapeutics; Practice Management; Radiological Position and Technique; Human Cadaver Dissection
Fourth year
Clinical internship of approximately 1,000 hours
References:
Chapman-Smith, D.
The Chiropractic Profession.
West Des Moines: NCMIC Group Inc., 2000.
