Master of Clinical Chiropractic

Overview

Study the Master of Clinical Chiropractic and equip yourself with the knowledge and clinical skills to meet the competencies required by the Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA) and therefore apply for registration as a chiropractor in all states and territories in Australia and New Zealand.

The Master of Clinical Chiropractic is designed as an extended (six-term) Masters to maximise clinical learning, which is largely undertaken in approved chiropractic clinics in the community and complemented by the availability of theoretical content by flexible learning.

Chiropractic training is the process of reaching a logical diagnosis, planning a patient's treatment and assessing the effectiveness of that therapeutic intervention. As a graduate of the Master of Clinical Chiropractic, you will develop the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours necessary to become a primary care chiropractic practitioner in the delivery of patient-centred care.

The course emphasises evidence-based practice, which is the combination of the best scientific information, clinical expertise, and patient's values and circumstances.

As a primary healthcare practitioner, you will:

gain high-level practical skills integrating assessment, diagnosis and management with the clinical sciences;

be taught rehabilitation and prevention of pain and disability of the spine and extremities;

learn how to run a private practice and operate X-ray equipment;

conduct supervised patient care as part of practice-integrated learning involving University teaching clinics and industry work placement;

deliver chiropractic care safely, competently and ethically and;

be able to analyse and synthesize complex information by creating and implementing a research project and articulating the outcomes.