On today’s show Dr. Don is joined by Dr. Kelly Holt, a returning guest joining us from New Zealand. If you would like to know more about Dr. Kelly, you can listen back to the last time he joined the show in May 2018. Today, Dr. Kelly joins us to discuss how the pandemic has affected him out in New Zealand, what research he has been conducting over the last few years, and where his research is taking him next.

Dr. Kelly takes us through how New Zealand has dealt with the pandemic and how it has impacted both the New Zealand College of Chiropractic and chiropractors at large. Now, Dr. Kelly is looking to the future and planning how practice-based research can help practices in real time.

Key Takeaways:

• An update on how New Zealand is dealing with the pandemic. [2:00]
• How the school has dealt with adapting to the lockdowns. [4:35]
• The silver lining of the pandemic for chiropractic practices. [7:00]
• About the research Dr. Kelly has been conducting in the last few years. [8:18]
• How the research he has been conducting has been helping people. [12:50]
• What research has Dr. Kelly had published since his last visit? [14:45]
• Why Dr. Kelly couldn’t do what he does without funding and how he attained it. [19:35]
• Why Dr. Kelly is excited about creating practice-based research. [25:00]
• The benefits of conducting practice-based research. [29:00]
• What needs to be in place before commencing practice-based studies. [30:40]
• How chiropractors in the field can help support the research centre. [36:30]
• Final words of wisdom. [42:00]

Find out more about the New Zealand Centre for Chiropractic Research: http://research.chiropractic.ac.nz/

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