which includes clinical sciences and clinical clerkships

In year 3, all of the contact hours are spent on clinical education  Year 3 has a total of 1,410 contact hours (330 in lectures, 300 in laboratory, 780 in clinic), an average of 31 contact hours per week. Year 4 is given over to a clinical internship for 15 weeks (one trimester) for a total of 450 hours or 30 hours per week. Table 6. Average Total Contact Hours in Specific Clinical Subjects Taught in 16 Chiropractic Colleges (Includes lectures and laboratories).Clinical subjectHours % of Total Adjustive technique/spinal analysis555 22% Physical/clinical/laboratory diagnosis410 17% Diagnostic imaging, radiology305 12% Principles of chiropractic245 10% Orthopedics135 6% Physiologic therapeutics120 5% Nutrition/dietetics90 4% Professional practice & ethics65 3% Biomechanics65 3% Gynecology/obstetrics55 2% Psychology55 2% Research methods50 2% Clinical pediatrics & geriatrics50 2% First aid & emergency45 2% Dermatology30 1% Otolaryngology25 1% Other160 7% Total hours of clinical training2460 100% Source: Center for Studies in Health Policy, Inc., Washington, DC. Personal communication of 1995 unpublished data from Meredith Gonyea, PhD. 4. FacultyAdobe Acrobat 9 Pro ExtendedDespite a growing body of literature about chiropractic education, the role of faculty has received little attention. As a result of standards set by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) for chiropractic college faculty, all basic sciences faculty members at chiropractic colleges have earned university degrees of MS or PhD in their discipline, and many of the D.C.It can also increase their college costs by thousands of dollars. Graduates of the KHSD have to take remedial courses in college because of schedule limitations resulting from the Districts financial pressures. The District has a limited number of teachers. They can teach only a limited number of classes. As a result, students can take only a limited number of courses. It is very difficult at this point for students to take valuable elective courses in such areas as Career and Technical Education in addition to those courses required for graduation. As Trustee, I would seek opportunities to increase by one the number of classes a student can take in a day, opening the way not only for enhanced college preparation studies but Career and Technical Education classes as well. Those additional opportunities would require additional funding for more teachers.