This course presents an advanced review, expansion and correlation of the clinical features of joint dysfunction/ subluxation syndromes, including causes, biomechanical and neurological effects, and treatment. Chiropractic management of common spinal conditions is reviewed and expanded, with emphasis on case-based problem solving and critical thinking. Current trends in chiropractic practice and managed care are surveyed.
This course presents an advanced review of evidence-based chiropractic evaluation and management for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. This course will emphasize case-based problem solving and critical thinking. Current trends in chiropractic practice and managed care will be presented including a focus on integrative and collaborative care. This course will also include record keeping and intra/interprofessional communication strategies.
- Instructor: Shawn Hatch
Chiropractic Technique consists of a series of selected topics with demonstration of the manipulative procedures used for special problem cases or presentations followed by hands-on workshop.
- Instructor: Carrie Ebling
- Instructor: Ted Laurer
The clinical internship course series provides students with increasing opportunities to apply, integrate, and refine the knowledge, skills and behaviors necessary to become confident, competent, and caring primary care chiropractic physicians. Occurring within a clinic setting, interns incorporate evidence-informed clinical reasoning in applying effective health care procedures and professional integrity in the delivery of patient-centered care. Interns continue to provide patient care in this final clinical internship course. Most interns have the opportunity to participate in the university preceptorship program, completing their clinical education in a private practice setting. Upon successful completion of this course, interns will have demonstrated the competencies necessary for unsupervised chiropractic practice.
- Instructor: Christin Bankhead
- Instructor: Jaci Bergstrom
- Instructor: Stanley Ewald
- Instructor: Lorraine Ginter
- Instructor: Ryan Ondick
- Instructor: Lindsay Pelley
- Instructor: Kathryn Ross
- Instructor: Anne Venderley
- Instructor: Peter Vuky
- Instructor: Kate Kathryn Brown
- Instructor: Gary Schultz
This course focuses on the normal growth and development of children and the most common issues in their health care. Students become familiar with developmental milestones and learn to identify individuals who are not developing within normal expectations. Particular attention is given to conducting a well-child examination, identifying the most common childhood illnesses, and assessing and managing orthopedic conditions. Students learn how to communicate effectively and respectfully with children and how to identify risk factors, signs, and symptoms of child abuse and the laws regarding reporting of suspected abuse. Problems that can be managed with conservative chiropractic care and those that require appropriate referral are differentiated.
- Instructor: Kate Kathryn Brown
This course provides an understanding of the unique characteristics of the elderly patient and explores the effects of aging and chronic degenerative processes. Students become familiar with the evaluation and conservative management of geriatric disorders, focusing on the normal physiologic changes associated with aging and normal variants in geriatric physical examination findings. Danger signals associated with life-threatening disorders are investigated, along with utilization of appropriate decision-making strategies for proper care of the patient. Tests and screening evaluations are investigated to determine those that best identify declining health related functions. Intervention options that restore and maintain the quality of life are discussed. Specific attention is given to nutritional inadequacies, deconditioning, gait and balance disorders, mental dysfunction, hearing and vision impairment, and medication-related problems.
- Instructor: Mary Kate Connolly
and list the categories therein; performing interviews that demonstrate appropriate use of psychological principles. Instructional time is divided into three formats: 1. an interactive, participatory lecture/discussion, 2. learning and practicing clinical skills
relevant to interviewing and supporting a patient while screening and detecting likely psychopathology, and 3. case presentations and discussion relevant to the day's topics. Students will identify and discuss (without compromising confidentiality) at least two
patients that have shown some evidence of psychopathology or behavioral problems.
- Instructor: Karen Chenier
- Instructor: Timothy Stecher