COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world?

Table 2 Characteristics of the 16 academics who reported the immediate actions made in order to deliver manual therapy content due to the COVID-19 pandemic within their chiropractic program

Characteristic	Number (%)
Male	10/16 (63%)
Highest degree
Bachelor of Chiropractic	1/16 (6%)
Master of Chiropractic	2/16 (13%)
Graduate Diploma of Chiropractic	1/16 (6%)
Doctor of Chiropractic	4/16 (25%)
Master of Health Science	2/16 (13%)
Master of Science	1/16 (6%)
Master of Research	1/16 (6%)
Master of Philosophy	2/16 (13%)
Doctor of Philosophy	2/16 (13%)
Academic Position^a
Associate Dean of Clinical sciences	1 (6%)
Head of department	3 (19%)
Professor	2 (13%)
Associate/assistant professor	3 (19%)
Senior lecturer/lecturer	7 (44%)
Education Coordinator	1 (6%)
Year of program taught into^a
Year 1	10
Year 2	10
Year 3	10
Year 4	6
Year 5	4
Doctorial	1
No direct teaching	1

^aAcademics were able to report teaching into multiple years of chiropractic programs and multiple academic positions, therefore a % could not be calculated, and only the accumulated number is presented

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