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Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review
INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization describes chiropractic as a health profession that treats the musculoskeletal system and the effects of that system on the function of the nervous system and general health. Notwithstanding such descriptions, scope of practice remains a contentious issue i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9011944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35421996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12998-022-00428-2 |
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author | Wiggins, Desmond Downie, Aron Engel, Roger Brown, Benjamin T. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization describes chiropractic as a health profession that treats the musculoskeletal system and the effects of that system on the function of the nervous system and general health. Notwithstanding such descriptions, scope of practice remains a contentious issue in Australia chiropractic with various authors defining it differently. To date, the peak governing body, the Chiropractic Board of Australia, has focused on title protection rather than defining a scope of practice for the profession. A well-defined scope of practice is important, as it helps to identify what is acceptable in the profession and the role chiropractic has in the broader healthcare system. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review was to explore the literature on the factors that influence scope of practice of chiropractic in Australia. METHODS: This study employed scoping review methodology to document the current state of the literature on factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia. RESULTS: A total of 1270 articles were identified from the literature search. Six studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Four factors that influence scope of practice were identified: education, professional identity, patient safety, and organisational structure. CONCLUSION: The results of this study will inform future discussions around establishing a framework for a more comprehensive scope of practice for the chiropractic profession in Australia. Such a framework has the potential to benefit patient safety, professional identity, public perception, education, and regulation of the profession. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12998-022-00428-2. |
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spelling | pubmed-90119442022-04-16 Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review Wiggins, Desmond Downie, Aron Engel, Roger Brown, Benjamin T. Chiropr Man Therap Scoping Reviews INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization describes chiropractic as a health profession that treats the musculoskeletal system and the effects of that system on the function of the nervous system and general health. Notwithstanding such descriptions, scope of practice remains a contentious issue in Australia chiropractic with various authors defining it differently. To date, the peak governing body, the Chiropractic Board of Australia, has focused on title protection rather than defining a scope of practice for the profession. A well-defined scope of practice is important, as it helps to identify what is acceptable in the profession and the role chiropractic has in the broader healthcare system. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review was to explore the literature on the factors that influence scope of practice of chiropractic in Australia. METHODS: This study employed scoping review methodology to document the current state of the literature on factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia. RESULTS: A total of 1270 articles were identified from the literature search. Six studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Four factors that influence scope of practice were identified: education, professional identity, patient safety, and organisational structure. CONCLUSION: The results of this study will inform future discussions around establishing a framework for a more comprehensive scope of practice for the chiropractic profession in Australia. Such a framework has the potential to benefit patient safety, professional identity, public perception, education, and regulation of the profession. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12998-022-00428-2. BioMed Central 2022-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9011944/ /pubmed/35421996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12998-022-00428-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Scoping Reviews Wiggins, Desmond Downie, Aron Engel, Roger Brown, Benjamin T. Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review |
title | Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review |
title_full | Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review |
title_fullStr | Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review |
title_short | Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review |
title_sort | factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in australia: a scoping review |
topic | Scoping Reviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9011944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35421996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12998-022-00428-2 |
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