1. Annual Conference 2010, Cork

2.  Palmer College 1980
 Private practice since
1981
 Editor of the NCA
Journal 1982-84
 Member of Executive
Council and secretary
NCA 1984-88
 Founding board
member FICS 1987-92
 President of X-ray
Committee 1988-92
 President of NCA
Sports Chiropractic
Committee 1992-96
 Vice president NCA
2001-2
 Academic coordinator
NCA 2001-2002
 Board member
Norwegian Back Pain
Society 2001-2006
 President NCA 2002-
2010

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Ant innb pr DC

6.  1922: The first
chiropractor in Norway
 1960: 4-5 chiropractors
 1980: appr. 70
chiropractors
 2000: appr.200
chiropractors
 2010: ca. 540 chiropractors
 300 students abroad

7.  1935: NCA founded
 quacks
 1975: Reimbursement
if patient referred
from MD
 1988: Legislation
 2006: extended rights

8.  Direct reimbursement for all
patients
 Right to sick leave
 Right to refer to medical
specialist
 Right to refer to hospital
 Right to refer to PT
 State funding for continuous
education
 Right to prescribe X-ray, CT,
MRI, ultrasound
 Implementation of a 1 yr mandatory
internship program
 Mandatory 5 days seminar at
University of Oslo rel. sick leave
 Professor in chiropractic at the
University of Stavanger
 State funding for supervisors of
interns
 Chiropractor at University Hospital
 8 Phd students
 Norwegian Research School for
Chiropractors

9.  Identity
 Too medicalized
 limit our scope of practise
 Too much paperwork
 Too academic. Not alternative health care
profession any more.

10.  ENQA
 CEN
 Written Declaration
 Careers Guidance Advisors
 European Health Forum

11.  Promoting Chiropractic in Health Programmes, the Community and to
Citizens
 Platform on Nutrition and Physical Activity (Straighten Up)
 European Network of Health Promotion Schools (Straighten Up)
 Eurofound (Inpt. of living and working conditions)
 European Science Open Forum (ESOF 2012 Speed Dating). Next meeting
is in Dublin 2012.
 Involve the profession in EU Health Promotion Initiatives
 No smoking; No alcohol, Obesity Day, etc.

 To acquire ECU grants and funding by using a European grants
Consultancy agency.
 EPHA
 Monitor and be updated
 EURICAM and Cambrella
 Evaluate if involvement is beneficial to the profession

12.  Vision process
 Chiropractic university program in every
country in Europe
 Recruitment is crucial
 Legislation for chiropractors in all European
countries
 Task forces
 ECU as a catalyst
 Acknowledge that the fact that the main job
must be done at home

13.  France
 16.000 osteopaths
 600 chiropractors
 In most countries in the
world, chiropractic is non-
existent or a very marginal
group
 Others are looking to take
over our market
 PTs, osteopaths,
naprapaths,
 Both hands on the wheel

14.  In favour or against performing abortions
 In favour or against vaccinations
 In favour or against chiropractors prescribing
drugs
 In favour or against the VSC
 Philosophy

15.  Croatia
 Turkey
 Hungary
 Sweden

17.  Orchestrate a work shop
 Visioning process
 Where do Irish chiropractors want to be in 20
years?
 What kind of rights do Irish chiropractors
want?
 What do we have to do to get these rights?
 Task Force on legislation and education

19. Q & A