SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- At its annual board of directors meeting in January, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) elected three officers to its executive committee, college presidents all:
President -- John Allenburg, DCRounding out the CCE Executive Committee is William Dallas, DC, and Charles Sawyer, DC. Dr. Dallas, president of Western States Chiropractic College, takes the position of immediate past president. Dr. Sawyer, vice president for research affairs and director of the Center for Clinical Studies at Northwestern College of Chiropractic, will chair the CCE's Commission on Accreditation (COA).
President, Northwestern College of ChiropracticVice President -- Peter Martin, DC
President, Palmer College of Chiropractic WestSecretary/Treasurer -- Reed Phillips, DC, DACBR, PhD
President, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
New Directors Announced
The CCE announced the new, reappointed, and re-elected members of its Commission on Accreditation (COA). These members also serve on the CCE Board of Directors:
Meredith Bakke, DCAccreditation of Northwestern and Sherman ReaffirmedJoseph Brimhall, DC
Carl Cleveland III, DC
President, CCCKC, and CCCLAGerard Clum, DC
President, Life Chiropractic College WestShelby Elliott, DC
President, Texas Chiropractic CollegeMeredith Gonyea, PhD
President, The Center for Studies in Health PolicyGeorge Goodman, DC
President, Logan College of ChiropracticBruce Gunderssen, DC
David Koch, DC
President, Sherman College of Straight ChiropracticCraig Little, DC
Thurston Manning, PhD
Kenneth Padgett, DC
President, New York Chiropractic CollegeW. Karl Parker, DC
President, Parker College of ChiropracticJohn Pecchia, GS, CPA
Vice President, Treasurer, New York Chiropractic CollegeWilliam Remling, DC
Virgil Strang, DC
President, Palmer College of ChiropracticSid Williams, DC
President, Life UniversityJames Winterstein, DC
President, National College of ChiropracticFrank Zolli, DC
Dean, University of Bridgeport
At its annual meeting, the CCE's Commission on Accreditation has reaffirmed the accreditation of Northwestern College of Chiropractic and Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic.
Accreditation is granted to chiropractic programs and institutions that are deemed by the COA to comply with the CCE's Standards for Chiropractic Programs and Institutions. Official application to CCE for reaffirmation of accreditation consists of submitting a self-study report focusing attention on ongoing assessment of outcomes for the continuing improvement of educational quality, a site team visit and report, and COA review and evaluation.
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
Spearheaded by burgeoning scientific and clinical research literature, psychedelics have reached a level of media coverage and popular interest that has not been seen for over half a century. By “psychedelics,” we are referring to the unique class of substances that includes psilocybin (the active compound found in so-called “magic mushrooms”), LSD, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, and mescaline – each of which occurs in the natural world (except for LSD, which is a semi-synthetic compound).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
