Cleveland Chiropractic College Says New Clinic Is "First of its Kind"

On Sept. 1, Cleveland Chiropractic College - Kansas City (CCC-KC) signed an "affiliation agreement" with Truman Medical Center's (TMC) Lakewood hospital, near Lee's Summit, Mo. The partnership, touted by the college as the first of its kind, establishes a chiropractic clinic within the hospital, allowing college interns to work alongside hospital staff in a multidisciplinary clinical setting; learn hospital protocol; and educate fellow health care workers on chiropractic practices.

"Positioning a Cleveland clinic in the TMC facility sets a precedent for chiropractic education, as well as the profession," remarked Carl S. Cleveland III, president of Cleveland Chiropractic College (KC and LA campuses). "This program will not only enhance student clinical experience and provide quality patient care, it will provide an opportunity to introduce chiropractic and its educational program into a full-service, multidisciplinary community hospital system. This is yet another example of the profession's advancement as part of mainstream health care."

Sheriece Moses, TMC assistant director of marketing, business and community development, concurred: "This agreement helps strengthen TMC Lakewood as a full-service health-care facility. It gives the community more health care choices. We're extremely excited to be involved."

Since 1980, the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) has been building a chiropractic research infrastructure by awarding research funds and fellowships to those it believes will help advance the chiropractic profession. Recently, the Foundation announced the following commitments in funding:

• "The Development of a Sensitive Technique to Measure Changes in Central Neural Processing of Somatosensory Input"; Bernadette Murphy, DC, PhD, investigator (University of Auckland);
• Bruce Symons, DC, MSc, studying to earn a PhD in kinesiology / human biomechanics (University of Calgary);
• Cornelius Myburgh, DC, seeking a D. Phil. in social science research methodology (University of Stellenbosch);
• Heidi Haavik-Taylor, BSc, seeking a PhD in neurophysiology (Dept. of Sport and Exercise Science at Auckland University);
• Kathleen Linaker, DC, seeking a PhD in leadership foundations and counseling psychology (Loyola University);
• Brian Enebo, DC, MS, seeking a PhD in motor skill control and learning (University of Colorado at Boulder); and
• James Graham, DC, seeking a PhD in rehabilitation science (State University of New York at Buffalo).

For more information on the FCER, visit www.fcer.org.

Dr. John Upledger, founder of CranioSacral Therapy, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address titled, "CranioSacral Therapy and Beyond," at the Sacro-Occipital Technique Organization (SOTO)-USA 2003 Clinical Symposium. During the Oct. 9-12 event in Washington, D.C., Dr. Upledger will also participate in a "Cranial Concepts" panel discussion with Drs. George Goodheart, Marc Pick, Jonathan Howat and Charles Blum.

SOTO-USA is a nonprofit, chiropractic-based organization that recognizes a multidisciplined approach to patient care, and is dedicated to the promotion and understanding of the Sacro-Occipital method of chiropractic, developed by Dr. Major Bertrand DeJarnette. For more information on SOTO-USA, call (336) 760-1618 or visit www.soto-usa.org.