Chiropractor to specialist chiropractor
A chiropractor already meets 60% of what the specialist chiropractor role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.1/ 100
1 How much of what a specialist chiropractor is expected to do is already part of a chiropractor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the specialist chiropractor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A specialist chiropractor role treats 43 of its required skills as things a chiropractor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biomechanics
- collect healthcare user's general data
What stands in the way is 28 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 47 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist chiropractor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chiropractor background worth leading with.
- already held apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport assisting and caring
- already held conduct chiropractic examination information skills
- already held manage chiropractic staff management skills
- already held neuroanatomy health and welfare
- already held provide chiropractic diagnosis information skills
- already held provide clinical chiropractic neurology assisting and caring
All 47 carried skills, including the 43 the specialist chiropractor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 32 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn provide chiropractic maternal healthcare required
- still to learn provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare required
- still to learn adhere to health well-being and safety required
- still to learn comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- still to learn contribute to continuity of health care required
- still to learn refer healthcare users required
- still to learn triage clients required
- still to learn deal with emergency care situations required
- still to learn follow clinical guidelines required
- still to learn promote inclusion required
- still to learn accept own accountability required
- still to learn promote health and safety policies in health services required
- still to learn work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- still to learn inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- still to learn obstetrics and gynaecology required
- still to learn first aid required
- still to learn general medicine required
- still to learn paediatrics required
- still to learn apply organisational techniques required
- still to learn respond to changing situations in health care required
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- still to learn microbiology-bacteriology required
- still to learn pharmacology required
- still to learn measure effectiveness of the service provided required
- optional, not held engage in chiropractic research optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a specialist chiropractor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide chiropractic maternal healthcare practise this
- 02 provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare practise this
- 03 accept own accountability practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 47 skills that carry over
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held advocate health skill
- already held apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held biomechanics knowledge
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held conduct chiropractic examination skill
- already held conduct health related research skill
- already held contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
- already held develop plans related to client discharge skill
- already held develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
- already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
- already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held formulate a treatment plan skill
- already held geriatrics knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held interpret medical results skill
- already held manage chiropractic staff skill
- already held manage clinical risk skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held neuroanatomy knowledge
- already held neurology knowledge
- already held orthopaedics knowledge
- already held prescribe healthcare products skill
- already held provide chiropractic diagnosis skill
- already held provide clinical chiropractic neurology skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held provide information on chiropractic treatment outcomes skill
- already held provide learning support in healthcare skill
- already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
- already held rehabilitation knowledge
- already held supervise chiropractic students skill
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
- already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
- already held develop chiropractic services skill
- already held manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke skill
- already held therapeutic massage knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn manage healthcare staff required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held engage in chiropractic research optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
61 held skills the specialist chiropractor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
- not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role advise on rehabilitation exercises skill
- not needed by the target role analyse X-ray imagery skill
- not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
- not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
- not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
- not needed by the target role apply specific manual chiropractic techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply supports for spinal adjustment skill
- not needed by the target role assess chiropractic intervention skill
- not needed by the target role assist patients with rehabilitation skill
- not needed by the target role chiropody knowledge
- not needed by the target role chiropractic terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct neurological examination skill
- not needed by the target role conduct physical examinations skill
- not needed by the target role develop chiropractic treatment plans skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose musculoskeletal conditions skill
- not needed by the target role educate on preventing injuries skill
- not needed by the target role endocrinology knowledge
- not needed by the target role exercise physiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow-up after patients' surgery skill
- not needed by the target role interpret electroencephalograms skill
- not needed by the target role interpret evoked potentials records skill
- not needed by the target role interpret findings from medical examinations skill
- not needed by the target role interpret medical images skill
- not needed by the target role kinesiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain chiropractic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain treatment records skill
- not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
- not needed by the target role manage chiropractic professional equipment skill
- not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role musculoskeletal anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role neuropathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role neuropharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role neurophysiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role observe record keeping standards in chiropractics skill
- not needed by the target role obtain healthcare user's medical status information skill
- not needed by the target role operate medical imaging equipment skill
21 further entries not listed here
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn microbiology-bacteriology required
- still to learn obstetrics and gynaecology required
- still to learn first aid required
- still to learn general medicine required
- still to learn manage healthcare staff required
- still to learn paediatrics required
- still to learn pharmacology required
Common questions about this move
Can a chiropractor become a specialist chiropractor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A chiropractor already covers 60% of what a specialist chiropractor is expected to do: 47 skills carry over, 43 of which the specialist chiropractor role treats as required.
What skills does a chiropractor need to become a specialist chiropractor?
28 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is provide chiropractic maternal healthcare.
How hard is the move from chiropractor to specialist chiropractor?
Its learning distance is 59.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.