Development of the
AMCT is divided into three phases.
Speaking on Qatar's participation in the deliberations, QTA chairman Issa bin Mohamed al-Mohannadi said: "Qatar is willing to cement its role in common Arab tourism action and invigorate its
AMCT membership to enhance partnerships between QTA and its counterpartsin the region.
The authors correctly note in their introduction that it is difficult to make a distinction in the existing social-science literature between instrument-assisted adjusting and
AMCT. In fact, they cite the 2005 National Board of Chiropractic Examiner's Job Analysis, which reported that 51% of American chiropractors have used 'activator', but which failed to distinguish the approach with which the 'activator' was used.
According to the 2005 National Board of Chiropractic Examiner's (NBCE) Job Analysis (1) 51.2% of American chiropractors report using the AAI for patient care, although this data does not differentiate between those practitioners who use the AAI only (often as a substitute for HVLA manipulation) from those practitioners who use the Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique (
AMCT), a technique system that involves a group of specialized diagnostic procedures during prone leg length checking.
"But then I saw the exemptions that were available for CIMA people pursuing the ACT qualification and I thought it would really help me in my day-to-day job." Students who completed their CIMA exams in 1995 or later are exempt from the first four papers and need only take papers five and six to gain the
AMCT qualification.