Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

10 - Health and related fields

51. - Health professions and related programs

This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to practice as licensed professionals and assistants in the health care professions and related clinical sciences and administrative and support services.

51.01 - Chiropractic (DC)

This subseries comprises instructional program class 51.0101.

51.0101 - Chiropractic (DC)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of chiropractic, a health care and healing system based on the application of non-invasive treatments and spinal adjustments to alleviate health problems caused by vertebral misalignments affecting bodily function as derived from the philosophy of Daniel Palmer. These programs include courses in the basic medical sciences, chiropractic theory and science, postural and spinal analysis, diagnostic radiology and ultrasound, adjustment technique, patient counselling, professional standards and ethics, and practice management.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • chiropractic
  • chiropractor
  • doctor of chiropractic medicine (DC)

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • chiropodist(51.1203)
  • chiropractic assistant(51.0813)
  • pre-chiropractic studies(51.1106)