From advanced physiotherapist to specialist chiropractor
45 of the 71 essential skills of a specialist chiropractor are already essential for a advanced physiotherapist — about 63% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 45
- skills carry over
- 26
- would be new
- 63%
- of the target job covered
- 71
- essential skills of a specialist chiropractor
What a specialist chiropractor does
Specialist chiropractors have an advanced knowledge and understanding in a specific chiropractic area, acquiring complex decision making skills and clinical competency within the scope of the chiropractic profession. Specialist chiropractors may have undertaken an advanced course of studies to acquire the necessary skills and competency and qualification. Specialist chiropractors may be found in different specific fields such as education, functional neurology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, research, radiology, sport.
What carries over
45 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct health related research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a treatment plan
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret medical results
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage healthcare users' data
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- prescribe healthcare products
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide learning support in healthcare
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- refer healthcare users
- respond to changing situations in health care
and 5 more
What would be new
26 skillsEssential for a specialist chiropractor and not for a advanced physiotherapist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport
- biomechanics
- conduct chiropractic examination
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- first aid
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- manage chiropractic staff
- medical informatics
- microbiology-bacteriology
- neuroanatomy
- neurology
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- pharmacology
- provide chiropractic diagnosis
- provide chiropractic maternal healthcare
- provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare
- provide clinical chiropractic neurology
- provide information on chiropractic treatment outcomes
- psychology
- rehabilitation
- supervise chiropractic students
Other moves from advanced physiotherapist
2 roles- physiotherapist61 skills in common
- physiotherapy assistant37 skills in common
← advanced physiotherapistspecialist chiropractor →The other way round
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How far are you from being a specialist chiropractor?
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