Dr. Scott Haldeman told Homecoming
audiences that chiropractors must work
together to advance their profession. |
During presentations at Homecoming,
Scott Haldeman, D.C., Davenport ’64,
M.D., Ph.D., stressed that chiropractors
must understand the principles of evidenced-
based healthcare, keep up with
current research, maintain their clinical
expertise, and support their educational,
research and political institutions.
On the first day, Dr. Haldeman made two
separate presentations to students and faculty:
“Non-Surgical Management of the
Cervical Spine: A New Conceptual Model
from the Bone and Joint Decade Task
Force and Implications for Practice” and
“World Spine Care.”
Dr. Haldeman believes that as health care
continues to change, chiropractors must
rethink their practice models to fit into the
new reality. Evidence-based health care and
cost effectiveness will become the dominant
features in this new environment.
At the General Session the following day,
Dr. Haldeman pointed to research efforts
that proved the cost-effectiveness and other
efficiencies of chiropractic treatment, and
urged practitioners to adopt these measures
as they help to build and shape the future
of the chiropractic profession.
“As a group of professionals, we are not
well organized to advocate for ourselves,”
he said, imploring students and alumni to
get involved in their community, and the
political and legislative process.
“Dr. Haldeman put forth a supposition
that the chiropractic profession can proceed
along its current path or can develop
into a conservative, non-surgical spine
care profession,” said Professor Donald
Dishman, D.C. “His lecture was wellreceived
and served to set the tone of
what was a well-attended event.”