As a professional chiropractic assistant who advises and lectures, I am often asked, "What does it take to be a super CA?" This question is not only asked by the new chiropractic assistants, wanting of course to be the best possible, but also by chiropractic physicians attempting to create a well-managed clinic.
In this article, I will share with you the 10 qualities I feel every chiropractic assistant should strive to accomplish. CAs, while reviewing these areas, I recommend conducting a self-evaluation. Note what qualities excel in and what areas you need improvement. Doctors and office managers reading this article may also find these "Ten Super CA Qualities" to be helpful when organizing and creating a new employee evaluation form to assess your staff's effectiveness and efficiency. (These are not listed in order of importance.)
Ten "Super CA" Qualities
Until next time, go out and make a difference!
Rose Jacobs
President, CA Solutions, Incorporated
Chesterfield, Missouri
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.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
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.
