This research will examine any potential differences in the professional identity of Scottish chiropractors utilising the Chiropractic Professional Identity Embodiment Scale (CPIES) and the Subtype Orientation Scale (CPISOS). Data will be collected through an online web-based survey. Potential statistical relationships with variables such as age, gender, ethnicity, and previous education on chiropractic professional identity (CPI) will also be explored. This study expands upon prior investigations to further explore the CPI of chiropractic identity internationally. Additionally, the data gleaned from this study could be used as a platform to build understanding and interprofessional relationships within Scotland and, potentially, to aid in working towards greater recognition of chiropractic within Spain. This research could assist Scottish chiropractors in creating better avenues to strengthen their professional identity to help future chiropractors thrive in Europe.
All practising Scottish chiropractors and currently enrolled chiropractic students will be invited to participate in this study.
Potential participants will not be eligible if they are practising outside of Scotland or enrolled to study chiropractic in an institute outside of Scotland.
All practising Scottish chiropractors and currently enrolled chiropractic students will be invited to participate in this study. Potential participants will not be eligible if they are practising outside of Scotland or enrolled to study chiropractic in an institute outside of Scotland.
Case-only
Retrospective
Survey using a questionnaire.
Other interventionThis research will examine any potential differences in the professional identity of Scottish chiropractors utilising the Chiropractic Professional Identity Embodiment Scale (CPIES) and the Subtype Orientation Scale (CPISOS).
Chiropractic Professional Identity Embodiment Scale
A unidimensional score and six sub-scale numerical scores from the Chiropractic Professional Identity Embodiment Scale (CPIES). There are 15 questions, and each question is measured by a 5 point likert scale ranging from "strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (5). The minimum value is 15 maximum value is 75. A lower/higher score does not denote an better or worse outcome, but places the participant, with further weighted analyses (see here for review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1744388124000136#sec2) into a category of practitioner: Traditional, centrist, or musculoskeletal focussed. The six subscales measure participants responses in 6 subscales: Chiropractic History, Engagement \& Interactions, Ethics \& Standards of Practice, Philosophy \& Motivations, Pride \& Attitude, Pride \& Attitude.
Chiropractic Professional Identity Subtype Orientation Scale (CPISOS).
A unidimensional measurement of chiropractic practitioner subtypes numerical score from the Chiropractic Professional Identity Subtype Orientation Scale (CPISOS). There are 19 questions, and each question is measured by a 5 point likert scale ranging from "strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (5). The minimum value is 19 maximum value is 95. A lower/higher score does not denote a better or worse outcome, but places the participant, with further weighted analyses, into the type of chiropractic they practise, as opposed to the Chiropractic Professional Identity Embodiment Scale (CPIES) which categories the professional identity based on what the chiropractor believes about themselves and their own identity.
Chiropractic philosophical continuum scale
A numerical score from the self-categorisation of chiropractors' professional identity along a philosophical continuum scale. This is a 5 question survey with Yes/No answers possible. The combination of responses places the practitioner in one of three possible identities 1. = I am fundamentally a Vertebral Subluxation (VS, meaning traditional) focused chiropractor. 2. = I am fundamentally a Musculoskeletal (MSK) focused chiropractor. 3. = I am fundamentally a centrist (shared aspects of VS and MSK treatment focused chiropractic) chiropractor.
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