Recent Controversies in Chiropractic and RMIT Courses/Clinic
by Mal Vickers
Hello all, this is the first post of a two-part series on my concerns about RMIT University and chiropractic. In this first post, I’ll mention some of the recent controversies in chiropractic. In the second post, I’ll write about my visit to RMIT Open Day and my attempt to ask an expert in chiropractic some questions about its practices.
For those that might be wondering – why do this? I’m a former RMIT student. RMIT’s association with pseudoscience, in my opinion, diminishes the greater and more worthwhile subjects such as engineering, arts, humanities and science-based academic courses offered in other departments of the University.
For a quick refresher on the sceptical and historical view of chiropractic you might try the Skeptics Dictionary entry.
RMIT claims the following:
RMIT is a leader in chiropractic tertiary education offering the world’s first government-supported chiropractic program.
RMIT offers undergraduate courses or you can go all the way and receive a PhD in Chiropractic. Indeed it does appear that RMIT is the leading institution educating chiropractors in the Australian.
Is chiropractic at RMIT really worthy of government (read: tax-payer’s dollars) support? View More Recent Controversies in Chiropractic and RMIT Courses/Clinic