Amidst the wreckage of their office in Woodland Hills, DCs Daniel Fry and Tony Antonacci continued to care for their patients after the January 17th earthquake. Although they were forbidden to enter the office that morning, the doctors set up portable tables in the parking lot.
The following day, when they were allowed to enter the building, Drs. Fry and Antonacci, with their staff, began cleaning up the rubble and treating patients in the office.
Both doctors' homes were badly damaged in the earthquake, but they decided to put aside their personal difficulties in favor of helping others. Dedication to their profession and to their patients kept them adjusting.
Shakes Don't Phase Some at Postgraduate Class
The rumblings of terra firma (terrae motus) in Los Angeles did not interrupt the diplomate in chiropractic neurology program held at the home of the Trojans, the University of Southern California. The program went on as scheduled just three days after the earthquake.
With participants flying in from as far as Amsterdam, Logan College's postdoctoral specialty program in neurology was attended by 84 DCs. The college reported a 30 percent cancellation rate.
There was no structural damage to the Davidson Center, home to the program these past three years, but the quake's aftershocks may have left some a bit queasy.
The program's raison d'etre, according to Dr. Allen Parry, dean of Logan's postdoctoral program, is to enable DCs "to recognize and treat conditions of the nervous system that have traditionally been referred to medical doctors."
Nat'l Board Publishes Survey of Canadian DCs
With the cooperation of the Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board, the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) in Greeley, Colorado, has published a 174-page report, Job Analysis of Chiropractic in Canada, based on an in-depth survey of over 500 licensed, practicing Canadian chiropractors. Comparable to the Job Analysis of Chiropractic in the United States, the report profiles the "typical" doctor and patient in Canada, the conditions most commonly encountered in practice, the activities performed by Canadian chiropractors in a clinical setting, and much more. The publication contains data for Canada on both a national and an individual provincial basis. Both documents are made available by the NBCE as a service to the profession at $10; contact the NBCE at 901 54th Ave., Greeley, CO or call (303) 356-9100.
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