During their recent trip to China, Drs. Meeker and Goertz
visited the Great Wall with Pikeville College School of Osteopathic
Medicine’s Vice President and Dean Boyd R. Buser, D.O. |
Among those presenting at the World Health Organization’s (WHO)
Congress on Traditional Medicine for the Symposium on Manual
Methods of Healthcare were West Campus President Bill Meeker,
D.C., M.P.H., West ’82, and Vice Chancellor for Research and
Health Policy Christine Goertz, D.C., Ph.D. The Nov. 7 conference
brought chiropractors, other healthcare practitioners and scientists
from around the world to Beijing to present information on
research, education and the practice of manual health care.
Dr. Goertz was the opening speaker and presented findings from
a survey conducted by Palmer on the types of practitioners—other
than doctors of chiropractic—who perform manual therapies in
more than 90 countries.
“It was fascinating to discover the commonalities in our clinical
practices: we all use our hands with therapeutic intent to improve
health,” said Dr. Goertz. “It also was rewarding to realize the
vast inroads that chiropractic has made in science, education
and clinical practice across the globe.”
Dr. Meeker presented on the topic of chiropractic in North
America. Along with feeling honored to have been invited to
the symposium, he found the event to be an “eye opener.”
“It seems to me that so-called Westernized nations have
much to learn from the dialog that may now develop
as a result of this meeting,” he said. “We learned we
have much in common and much to discuss.”
The next three days, Dr. Meeker attended the World
Federation of Chiropractic/Association of Chiropractic
Colleges Education Conference titled, “Chiropractic
Education in an Era of Digital Natives and Digital
Immigrants.”