wow! if you're thinking about doing it now, then you're already on a good start to enjoying studying chiro!
meLoncoLLie said:
- What kind of personality should the ideal chiropractor have?
I'm not sure if chiropractic would be the right career for me. I love helping people and my instinct tells me I should pursue a 'healing' career. I like the concepts in chiropractic - healing without the use of drugs and surgery.
Chiropractors are generally outgoing people, all the older years doing chiro are obsessed about chiropractic and your attitude towards the chiro profession is pretty good! You will deal with patients whom have little or no knowledge about the wonders of chiropractic so you'll learn how to communicate and explain to the patients in simple english about whats going on and how to fix their problem. You don't necessarily need the personality now, it builds up on u.. =] 5th yr students look so hot compared to 1st year students, some of my older year friends say that its a trend, everyone is so much more open and professional in 5th year chiro.
meLoncoLLie said:
- How good is the B Chiro course in Macquarie?
Macquarie seems like the only uni in NSW offering this course. Is the faculty good though?
Generally the chiropractic faculty is good, though i really despise the science faculty. We have excellent chiro lecturers. You do one semester of physics, one year of chem and three years of bio and anatomy. Its better to not do HSC physics cuz then the uni will put u into a easier physics subject. HSC Chem and Biology is a must, unless ur planning to do a bridging course in chem or study everynight for it.. they go through 2 years of HSC chem in a month!! I didn't do HSC Biology and im kinda struggling with it at the moment..
Hours are long as you're doing 3 science subjects (each science subject has about 3 - 4 hrs worth of prac!).. the chiro pracs are pretty fun.. Expect your average uni week to be between 22 - 29 hours without breaks. Good thing is that the friends you make in chiro will stick by you until you graduate (unless if you's fail) because chiro is such a tight course, the uni chooses your subjects for you and you always end up with the same people - unlike business courses where the range of subject choices is much more flexible.
=p u feel each other in chiro pracs.. which is awkward at first but you get used to it.. actually it becomes fun after a while.. heheheh!
So after you do your 3 year B.Chiropractic Science, you have to do 2 years of masters if you want to be recognised as a chiropractor and own your own practise
meLoncoLLie said:
- Does anyone have any idea about the income of chiropractors?
The hourly rates look very high, but do chiropractors in general get much business?
apparently first year graduates get between 60 - 80k p.a (being in the top 5 graduate wages).. the average chiropractor in own practise earns about 200k after expenses.. I guess with most other businesses you start off a bit slow until you build your client base.. chiropractic treatment is the 3rd most demanded health profession (following medicine and dentistry).. after being established, expect to get around 100 - 150 patients per week.. chiropractic is covered under some health care companies and are in need to analyse work place injuries involving heavy lifting, etcetc...
Since you're thinking about doing chiropractic now, i say you should go for it, or at least put it as one of your preferences for uni. The UAI's quite low because not many people know about chiro.. some of my friends got 97++ and are doing chiro because its such a good profession. I was always design-focussed last year and i wanted to be a graphic designer, but i guess something came over me and i decided to do chiro like 4 days before uni preferences were due..
anything else u wanna know?
