College News
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College
Officials announced the purchase of a new campus at 6100 Leslie Street in Toronto,
but the campus operations will not be moved into the new facility until 2004.
“This is a very exciting new step for CMCC and the students, staff and
faculty are counting down the days. The benefits of the new campus are obvious
and many. Most of all, moving to the new building will once again bring us all
together in a single location and will provide us with state-of-the-art facilities.
The new campus has good access to TTC and GO Transit, with a community center
and public library close by,” said Jean Moss, CMCC president.
The Hands on the Future capital campaign will be reactivated this year because
some retro-fitting and the building of an addition to the existing facility
will be needed to prepare the building for CMCC.
Life University, College of Chiropractic
Under a new program beginning April 1, alumni and friends of the university can
grant $10,000 D.C. scholarships—funded by Life —to recipients of their
choice. Packets explaining this “Ambassador Scholarship Program” were
recently sent to alums and friends all over the world.
The program works by crediting a scholarship fund (not actual cash) with $1,000
for each student referred to the university. Once the fund reaches $10,000, doctors
can award the scholarship, in whole or in part, to whomever they wish.
“The Ambassador Scholarship Program is the most innovative program that Life
University has developed with its alumni and friends in mind,” said Alumni
Director Maynard Ahrens. “It allows both the alumni and the university to
give back to each other in a unique and exciting way that will benefit both greatly.”
Life’s rugby team recently returned home from a South African tournament
with a fourth-place finish—pretty good considering the competition. While
the team won none of its three games, the tournament’s point system put Life
in the fourth spot.
“We performed better than any of the other international sides,” said
Coach Mel Smith.
The inaugural Tukkies Super 6 International Universities Tournament hosted by
the University of Pretoria, featured visitors University of Bloemfontein, Rand
Afrikaans University, each from South Africa; University of Namibia; Queens University,
of Canada; and the only American entry, the Running Eagles. The host team is known
as the Tukkies. Life played each of the South African teams.
Life Chiropractic College West
LCCW Professor Malik Slosberg, D.C., was recently invited to make a presentation
at the 54th Annual Scientific Assembly of the California Association of Family
Practitioners. The conference titled Family Medicine 2002: Keeping the Family
Practitioner on the Cutting Edge of Clinical Care was held in San Francisco.
Dr. Slosberg’s program was titled “Chiropractic in Family Practice.”
Like his classes and seminars, Slosberg’s presentation included the latest
clinical trials with chiropractic, as well as recent articles on chiropractic
in such publications as Spine, JMPT and Annals of Internal Medicine.
“As the only chiropractor to lecture at a scientific conference of more than
400 family physicians, I felt it was imperative that I clearly and concisely communicate
a well-documented contemporary view, which establishes that chiropractic is safe,
effective and has very high patient satisfaction,” said Slosberg.
Logan College of Chiropractic
Two LCC graduates had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of caring for men and
women at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Robin Hunter, a
1987 graduate, who practices in Columbus, Ohio, was selected as the chiropractor
for the USA medical team. Dr. Randall Wilkie, a 1997 graduate from Calgary, Alberta,
was the chiropractor for Team New Zealand at the games.
Requirements to join the USA medical team include 10 years in practice, postdoctoral
sports injuries certification and a minimum of three years work with athletic
teams. Dr. Hunter was the first chiropractor to join the USA medical team at a
winter Olympics. Dr. Norman Kettner, chair of the Radiology Department, has announced
that LCC has formed a collaborative research partnership. The two institutions
will initiate a study on acupuncture and pain processing at the Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
This study will evaluate the effects of acupuncture on neural networks involved
with pain processing that are located in the cortex and sub-cortex of the brain.
Advanced MRI technology known as functional MRI will be used in the study. Functional
MRI provides images that show changes in blood flow, inside and outside cells
of the brain, that result from firing of neurons as specific areas of the brain
are activated.
National University of Health Sciences
The department of research is approaching the conclusion of a two-year study funded
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine. Officials are very proud to be the first chiropractic institution to
directly receive funding for an investigator-instigated (RO1) NIH grant. Over
the two-year period, NIH provided $176,000 to fund the study, which is an expansion
of a previous one conducted at National in 1999.
Gregory Cramer, D.C., Ph.D., NCC’s dean of research, is principal investigator.
The NIH-funded study observes the effects of side-posture positioning and spinal
adjusting on the zygapophysial joints (Z joints). This study, along with others
being conducted concurrently at National, seeks to analyze scientifically the
effect of a spinal adjustment on human anatomy.
Palmer College of Chiropractic
In a letter dated Feb. 21, the Council on Chiropractic Education’s Commission
on Accreditation granted institutional accreditation for the Doctor of Chiropractic
program at Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida.
“This is a great step forward for our program in Port Orange,” said
Doug Hoyle, Ph.D., chief planning officer and executive assistant to the chancellor,
and the person most responsible for accreditation issues at Palmer. “Now
we can confidently state to prospective students and everyone else associated
with the new school that our quality of education is recognized through our accreditation,
our grads will be well-educated and qualified to practice, and the Palmer Chiropractic
legacy will continue to grow. “
Palmer College of Chiropractic West
Alumnus Jeffrey Lease, D.C., a 2000 graduate, is living proof that some doctors
do still make house calls. Of course, when Dr. Lease comes calling, he brings
the house. Earlier this year, Dr. Lease purchased a 29-foot recreational vehicle
that he has refurbished into a custom-designed chiropractic mobile clinic with
consultation area, viewbox, adjusting table, hydrotherapy table and muscle-stim
unit.
It’s all inside this creatively configured Winnebago that the San Jose native
is now driving as “InMotion Chiropractic,” providing care for patients
at companies throughout the greater Bay Area.
“The typical Silicon Valley worker averages a daily round-trip commute
of anywhere from one to two hours,” said Lease, a San Jose native. “When
you factor in that the typical Silicon Valley employee puts in an 8- to 10-hour
work day, that doesn’t leave them much time to tend to personal matters.
“With my mobile unit, the doctor comes to the patient, instead of the traditional
vice versa. I provide patients with a convenient alternative to the traditional
method of receiving their chiropractic care,” said Lease.
Parker College of Chiropractic
PCC has received a unique and impressive evaluation from the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS). A recent accreditation review included almost
unprecedented results: absolutely no suggestions or recommendations regarding
necessary improvements to meet association educational standards. Adding to the
excitement is the fact that the SACS committee gave PCC three commendations for
excellence in faculty dedication, information services and self-study evaluation
and planning.
PCC faculty earned praise for their dedication and loyalty to students and to
the college. The information services department was applauded for the advanced
campus-wide computer technology available to students and staff. The Center for
Institutional Research and Analysis, which conducted the institutional self-study,
was commended for its processes in planning and follow-through.
PCC hosted a seven-member SACS Committee Feb. 11-14, undergoing an extensive peer
evaluation to determine reaffirmation of accreditation. Accreditation makes an
institution’s students eligible for financial aid and grants, allows for
transferability of credits and affirms to the public and peers that an institution
is dedicated to educational excellence.
Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic
When SCSC needed to categorize and prioritize a room full of archives last summer,
Associate Professor John Hart, D.C., was just the man for the job. His mission
was to organize many of the college’s historical documents housed in storage
in the Bahan Library and properly display and file them in the recently constructed
Brown House and Museum.
As Hart went about his archival “dig,” he struck gold. “Some of
the records I found seemed very familiar,” he says. In large envelopes bearing
the B.J. Palmer Clinic seal, Hart discovered clinic notes and X-rays labeled with
case numbers. “I went into the library and pulled out one of B.J. Palmer’s
Green Books to see if the case numbers from the records matched those in the book.”
Hart’s hunch was correct—he had found seven of the commonly known “eight
cases” from B.J.’s Chiropractic Clinical Controlled Research, Volume
XXV, published in 1951. “I was very excited about finding these files with
handwritten clinic notes from the B.J. Palmer Chiropractic Clinic,” he says.
The documents were found in boxes that contained files and other memorabilia of
Lyle Sherman, D.C., for whom the college is named. The boxes were retrieved as
the college began to properly display and organize archives in its new museum.
Southern California University of Health Sciences
SCUHS hosted its annual “Spring Into Health” event for the campus and
surrounding communities on March 23, which included a 5K run/walk, half-mile kids
fun run plus a health fair. Proceeds earned from the project were donated to a
local charity—Help for Brain Injured Children.
Western States Chiropractic College
The research department is presently conducting three studies; two of the studies
address the question of how the frequency of chiropractic care affects the overall
outcome of the therapy regimen. In particular, study participants with chronic
low back pain or cervicogenic headaches, i.e. headaches with accompanying neck
pain, are assigned to one of four care groups.
The study participants receive either one, two, three or four chiropractic adjustments
per week for a period of three weeks. Four and 12 weeks after the care regimen,
the study participants assess their relief of pain, and accompanying disruption
of their daily activities, relative to the beginning of the care. The knowledge
gained from these types of studies will enable chiropractors to schedule the optimal
number of visits to effectively care for chronic pain sufferers.
The third study currently underway involves a chiropractic diagnostic technique.
The purpose of the study is to assess the usefulness of a diagnostic technique
known as “end-play palpation” in targeting a spinal adjustment to a
specific region of the spine. The goal of this type of study is to provide chiropractors
with specific evidence to support the use a particular diagnostic technique.
In May, a large study will begin that involves the over-60 crowd who suffer from
chronic low back pain. Half of the study participants will be drawn from the African-American
community. This study will focus more on learning to manage chronic pain and,
in doing so, minimize the impact on one’s daily life. These highly interactive
six-week group sessions will be conducted within the local communities. While
this initial study will not include chiropractic care, it will provide information
on which to base subsequent studies that integrate chiropractic care with self-management
of chronic low back pain.
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