The Royal College of Physicians Accepts the First Chiropractor
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Dr. William J Owens Jr from Buffalo NY was selected as the first chiropractor ever selected and to have completed the 1 year Certified Physician Educator Program through the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Surgeons through the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He graduated from the program in May 2016. The origins of the College dates to the fourteenth century with the foundation of the 'Guild of Surgeons Within the City of London. Certain sources date this as occurring in 1368.
The Certified Physician Educator Program provides training though real-world research in education with a specific focus on clinical education at bedside. They position participants to not only explore new teaching models—some developed specifically for medical education—but also see the evidence behind them. The program equips doctors with flexible, useful teaching strategies, allowing the development of more precise teaching goals, particularly in the clinical setting. This allows graduate doctors to tailor their teaching
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to students’ learning styles. It allows effective instruction in a clinical setting while delivering concurrent comprehensive patient care, a model being considered the gold standard for the future.
Dr. Owens is eager to bring these concepts to the chiropractic profession as he also sits as a faculty member in two chiropractic colleges and in medical academia. This was a unique opportunity for chiropractic, Dr. Owens said during the process “I was welcomed as a part of the healthcare community and academic group and there was genuine interest in what chiropractic has to offer and how medicine can refer. This type of collaborative learning opened doors for our profession and has helped affirm chiropractic as a leader in healthcare education, inclusive of both chiropractic and medicine.”
