Palmer College of Chiropractic West

Academics

Diagnosis (D)

Diagnosis (or analysis or assessment) has been defined as the procedure to determine the nature of a patient’s state of health. Representing the first part of clinical care, it should be referred back to the science and ahead to practice. In this way it stands as the second third of the professional school program.

The diagnosis courses cover the body as a whole in addition to specific parts of most interest to the Doctor of Chiropractic: imaging and laboratory techniques; special considerations for specific types of patients; and case studies based on clinical observations. Diagnosis, thus, is also the monitoring of the progress of care.

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