Dear Editor, In regards to your editor’s note from the 2012 July/August issue, I could not agree with you more. I am a 1995 graduate from a chiropractic program – our class was at the early stages of the inter-professional movement. I was, and still am, well aware of the medical and chiropractic “political forces” that are at play. It took me several years in practice to work out what I saw as the strengths and limitations of both the chiropractic and medical paradigms. I certainly feel that inter-professional collaboration is important and should be pursued. But I am very concerned with what I see as the new graduates’ weakened chiropractic identity. Evidence-based care and inter-professional cooperation does not necessitate exclusion of a strong and confident conviction regarding the chiropractic paradigm and philosophy. Yet my experience, and the influence from many instructors and peers in chiropractic school, seemed to be exactly this message! I would argue that a chiropractor should pursue close connections with the medical community only if and when they have developed a deep ingrained identity of chiropractic and its enormous value. And the DC should have the experience to back up his/ her convictions. I have real concerns for these students, for they are our future leaders. What will the profession look like 10-20 years from now when, for many of these future leaders, the biggest professional influences coming out of school will be from other health disciplines who have a much more narrow view of our scope and value? Not good for chiropractic. Not good for the health of our patients. Sincerely, James DiGiuseppe, DC Thunder Bay, Ontario