Case Study Research Course Module V – Part II - The importance of research in chiropractic education, clinical practice and to the growth of the profession

Part II

The Importance of Research to the Chiropractic Profession. This module will focus on the profession’s ethical and moral responsibility to conduct research. The lecture will also cover: The importance of research related to health policy, worldviews and their relationship to research, the general nature and structure of the research enterprise, cultural issues related to research and the chiropractic profession, research funding issues, epidemiological issues related to vertebral subluxation, the clinical meaningfulness of vertebral subluxation, politics, practice and research in chiropractic, examples of research successes in chiropractic.