WSCC and TCC to Offer Diplomate in Diagnosis and Internal Disorders
Western States and Texas Chiropractic College plan to begin offering a diplomate in diagnosis and internal disorders this fall. The program is said to be designed to provide chiropractors in family practice with a practical program in precise diagnosis relevant to internal disease and patient wellness.
Program topics include: physical examinations; common gynecological disorders; blood interpretation; neuromusculoskeletal disorders and chronic disease; cardiovascular disease, electrodiography and phonocardiography; disease of the lung; nephropathies; urinary tract disease, immunology and allergy; examination of the vascular system; neoplastic disease and AIDS; gastroenterology; and sports injury.
Chiropractors who complete 300 hours and pass the course examinations will be eligible to sit for the diplomate examination in chiropractic diagnosis and internal disease from the Council of Diagnosis and Internal Disorders of the American Chiropractic Association. The three-year program consists of monthly sessions scheduled to begin in September. The instructor is R. Michael Cessna, DC, DABCI of Arizona.
American Public Health Administration (APHA) Past President Helen Rodriguez-Trias, MD, will speak on the future of health care delivery and chiropractic's role, at Western States' 1994 Homecoming June 3rd.
Dr. Rodriguez-Trias, APHA president in 1993, remains on the executive board of that organization. She also serves on the National Women's Health Network, and the National Center for Children in Poverty. Over the past 20 years she's done consulting work for numerous foundations and government agencies, and has published and lectured extensively on health care issues, particularly those that concern women and children.
She was associate professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Western States graduate Clyde W. Ford, DC ('80) is the author of the recently published, We Can All Get Along: 50 Steps You Can Take to Help End Racism. Dr. Ford, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, is a civil rights activist, and an instructor of Black-American Studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.
A legislative team for Western States recently spent two days in Washington, D.C., to attend the ACA's National Chiropractic Legislative Conference and to meet with key members of Congress for discussions on proposed changes in the nation's health care system. Members of the WSCC delegation included President William Dallas, DC; Schuyler Lininger Jr., DC, of the WSCC Board of Trustees; Julie Young, executive director of the Chiropractic Association of Oregon; Tom James, associated student body president; Damon Spink, student legislative representative; and Finn Jenk, Jon Hansel, Dru Kindred, Dana Sibilla, Barbara Phyl, and Nancy Fitzgerald, members of the Student American Chiropractic Association (SACA).
Kay Irvine, MLS, and Pam Bjork, MLS, have been named as officers of the Chiropractic Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association (MLA). Ms. Irvine, the college's librarian since 1981, has been elected chairwoman and Pam Bjork, audiovisual librarian, has been designated secretary/treasurer. The MLA is a national organization composed of professional health science librarians.
X-ray equipment valued at $37,200 was installed in the WSCC Student Health Center thanks to the equipment-rotation program of Columbia X-ray of Portland, and Universal Imaging, a national firm.
Students have free use of the high frequency x-ray unit, the latest in x-ray technology.
Dr. Jerry Miller, president of the Clark County Chiropractic Society of Washington state, and Dr. Matthew Miller, board member, presented WSCC a contribution of $1,000 for Western State's traveling Centennial display. The display is part of the college's Centennial celebration, and features historical facts and artifacts about chiropractic's growth, philosophy, and training, and will travel to libraries and museums in Oregon and Washington. Additional projects include marking some of WSCC's former sites with historical markers, honoring alumni who hold the oldest chiropractic licenses, and sponsoring an oral history project on visceral manipulation. If you are interested in working on any of these projects, please contact Pam Bjork, MLS or Amanda Failor at (503) 251-5713.
WSCC awarded 11 students a doctor of chiropractic degree during recent commencement exercises. Degrees were conferred on Thomas Doerr II; Marcelitte Gallian-Failla, BA; Lisa Hoffman, BS; DruAn Kindred, M.Ac.; Sheldon Langedyk, BS; Gloria Lindhartsen; Steven Marshall, BS; Judy McCoy-McVey, BS; Barbara Niklaus; Christopher Scheuren; and Ann Wilson, M.Ed.
Lisa Hoffman was valedictorian and a summa cum laude graduate; Judy McCoy-McVey earned cum laude honors. Guest speaker Kelli Pearson, DC, DABCO, urged the audience to always act with the intention that the outcome of their actions would be successful, to depend on their intuition, and to listen to their parents, profession, and conscience.
WSCC President Dr. William Dallas was master of ceremonies; Lester Lamm, DC, dean of continuing education, gave the invocation; and Ronald Sellner, PhD, dean of academic affairs, presented the degrees.
A contingent of 22 faculty and staff from WSCC attended the first annual Educational Conference of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) held recently in Las Vegas. Among the group were representatives from the college's admissions, alumni, development, faculty, finance, financial aid, and other branches of the college.
When sports chiropractors first appeared at the Olympic Games in the 1980s, it was alongside individual athletes who had experienced the benefits of chiropractic care in their training and recovery processes at home. Fast forward to Paris 2024, where chiropractic care was available in the polyclinic for all athletes, and the attitude has now evolved to recognize that “every athlete deserves access to sports chiropractic."
It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.
Some doctors thrive in a personality-based clinic and have a loyal following no matter what services or equipment they offer, but for most chiropractic offices who are trying to grow and expand, new equipment purchases help us stay relevant and continue to service our client base in the best, most up-to-date manner possible. So, regarding equipment purchasing: should you lease, get a bank loan, or pay cash?
