They Don’t Teach This (But It Drives Everything)

Communication might not sound like this obvious most important thing, but this study looked at, again, chiropractic education programs across the United States to see how often patient-centered communication is actually taught in the schools. And the results may or may not surprise you, because even though chiropractors, many of us pride ourselves in our whole-person approach to care, this study found that patient-centered communication shows up in less than 10%, less than 10% of most chiropractic curricula. That means one of the most powerful drivers of trust, patient adherence, and outcomes may be something that you and all chiropractors are largely learning on their own or not at all after you enter practice.