Geronimo Bejarano is a former chiropractic student at Palmer College of Chiropractic - Florida, whose recent Twitter thread announcing his withdrawal from chiropractic school went viral.
Geronimo is now a hopeful 2022 PhD applicant. He is a self-described research nerd, with interests in social determinants of health (SDoH), community based interventions, physical activity promotion and non-communicable diseases.
Twitter: @gero5
Instagram: @geronimo10
LinkedIn: Geronimo Bejarano
ResearchGate: Geronimo Bejarano
Discussion Topics
00:00:01 Teaser Intro
00:02:24 When I grow up
00:03:41 Introduction to chiropractic
00:09:12 Early reading & influences
00:13:31 Choosing chiropractic vs. PT
00:16:33 Choosing a chiropractic school
00:19:15 Early experience in school
00:25:02 Philosophy in the curriculum
00:27:48 Learning about research
00:33:21 Disillusionment - Is “American Chiro doomed?”
00:36:56 Comparing students’ experiences
00:39:51 X-ray requirements
00:43:51 Response to Twitter thread
00:46:49 Fixing the problem from within
00:49:08 Intention and misinterpretation
00:59:45 Systemic issues vs. Personal fit
01:02:02 How to read a paper
01:05:20 Top 3 recommended MSK research papers
01:05:33 Making time to read
01:09:24 Not taking and synthesizing
01:11:10 On writing
01:13:25 Recommendations for students
01:16:38 Outro
RESOURCES
Top 3 MSK Research Papers
Hartvigsen, J., Hancock, M. J., Kongsted, A., Louw, Q. A., Ferreira, M. L., Genevay, S., et al. (2018). What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention. The Lancet, 391(10137), 1–12.
Rethorn, Z. D., Cook, C., & Reneker, J. C. (2019). Social Determinants of Health: If You Aren“t Measuring Them, You Aren”t Seeing the Big Picture.The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 49(12), 872–874.
Karran, E. L., Grant, A. R., & Moseley, G. L. (2020). Low back pain and the social determinants of health: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.Pain, 161(11), 2476.
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