Changing Course with Geronimo Bejarano

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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