Chiropractic program changes facilitated by the European Council on Chiropractic Education Accreditation reports.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The European Council on Chiropractic Education (ECCE) currently accredits 10 programs throughout Europe and South Africa. It is assumed that ECCE evaluation activities lead to changes to the chiropractic programs but no systematic evaluation as to whether this is true, and the extent of changes has previously been done. The purpose of this study was to obtain feedback from program heads as to whether ECCE evaluation reports facilitated changes/improvements to their programs and to identify their reported changes.

Methods

This was a mixed methods audit study using questionnaires with 2 sections. Closed statements requesting the degree of change to each section of the "Standards" based on ECCE evaluation reports (substantial, some, none) were analyzed using frequenci

SUBMITTER: Peterson CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8528436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature