Continuing your education and refining your practice: two key elements of a successful chiropractic career. Parker Seminars promises both as it celebrates its 65th anniversary in Las Vegas next February, according to Parker University President, Dr. William Morgan, and seminar consultant Dr. Mark Sanna. Dr. Morgan promises an updated experience at the Paris Hotel – the first time the event has been held on the strip – he describes as "Parker 2.0":
"Our vision for the Parker Seminar in Las Vegas is to create an experience," said Dr. Morgan in an exclusive interview with DC. "I have listened to the doctors and our sponsors and partners who have been longtime Parker supporters, and intend to fulfill their requests and desires. I am determined to create a venue which fulfills the needs of all of the participants. We will bring together an exciting program in an exciting city which will include components designed to promote prosperity for our attendees and provide evidence-based education in order to improve the healing of our patients."
"I would like to recreate the experience I had when I attended my first Parker seminar," Dr. Morgan continued. "I was new in practice and had been taught what I needed to know to be a good chiropractor, but lacked the direction to understand what was needed to run a successful practice. Parker seminars gave that to me. But Parker Seminars did not just provide me with head-knowledge; it lit a fire within me to become the healer I was intended to be."
In the same interview, Dr. Sanna explained why the current chiropractic and health care environment makes seminars such as Parker Las Vegas ideal opportunities for practicing DCs:
"Right now, being a practicing chiropractor is a challenge. You're meeting challenges from regulations that we've never had before; you're meeting challenges from reimbursement that we haven't had before; and people are wondering: How can I be successful in practice? Do I have to go all cash, or do I go no cash? Do I do a one-man shop? Do I join a franchise? What do I do to be successful and create the lifestyle that I've worked for?
"Chiropractors need help right now, and I think you're going to get inspired, you're going to get practical information, and you're going to be able to see that this is the very best time to be a chiropractor.
"The opportunities are greater for those chiropractors who can think outside the box. Get outside the four walls of your practice, get outside of the doom-and-gloom club, pick yourself up, get some new, fresh ideas from people who are thinking big, and bring those back into your practice. It's going to excite you, revitalize your practice, and you'll actually have a path – you'll see where you need to go to take that practice [to the next level]."
For more information on Parker Seminar Las Vegas 2017 including special 65th anniversary pricing, click here.
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