Biography
Philip Dewhurst is an Associate Professor in the AECC School of Chiropractic and the School’s International Partnerships and Developments Lead. He graduated from Health Sciences University (then AECC University College) as a chiropractor in 2005 and returned as a member of teaching staff in 2008, being actively engaged in continuing education, research, teaching and clinical practice.
Philip has taught across numerous disciplines and subjects from human sciences to clinical skills and education practices to leadership. His research interests include chiropractic education, education standards, multidisciplinary and interprofessional working and workforce development. In 2024 Philip was asked to lead the UK Workforce Development Strategy on behalf of the General Chiropractic Council and Royal College of Chiropractors, a project which aims to understand the future needs of the chiropractic workforce.
Philip was appointed the Royal College of Chiropractor’s Director of Academic Affairs in 2025 and has served as a registrant member of the General Chiropractic Council’s Education Committee since 2017.
Current Activity
Philip is an Associate Professor in the AECC School of Chiropractic and the International Partnerships and Developments Lead for the School.
Areas of interest/expertise
- Areas of interest include: Chiropractic education, student academic performance, interprofessional learning, chiropractic workforce development.
Qualifications 
Qualifications
- Doctor of Education
- Masters in Chiropractic
- Masters in Clinical Sciences
- Postgraduate certificate in medical education
- Postgraduation certificate in chiropractic
- BSc (hons) Neuromusculoskeletal Sciences
Membership
Membership
- Fellow of the British Chiropractic Association
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractors
- Registrant member of the General Chiropractic Council
Research
Research
- Chiropractic education
- Student academic performance in chiropractic education
- Interprofessional learning and clinical practice
- Chiropractic identity
- Chiropractic workforce development
Publications
Publications
- Nordbo, K., & Dewhurst, P. 2023. Association of pain neurophysiology knowledge and application amongst UK chiropractic students: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Chiropractic Education, 37 (2), pp.82-89.
- De Luca, K., McDonald, M., Montgomery, L., Sharp, S., Young, A., Vella, S., Holmes, M.M., Aspinall, S., Brousseau, D., Burrell, C. and Byfield, D., Dane, D., Dewhurst, P., et al. COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world? Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 29 (1), pp.1-11.
- Rix, J., Dewhurst, P., Cooke, C. and Newell, D. 2021. Nonacademic qualities as predictors of performance in an undergraduate healthcare program. Journal of Chiropractic Education, 35 (1), pp.106-115
