Thirty faculty members from 12 chiropractic colleges unanimously voted over the March 21-22 weekend to form an association of faculty members to promote excellence in chiropractic education through improved instruction.
The mission of the Association of Chiropractic Educators (ACE) is to design and implement better educational programs; to evaluate and modify curriculum; and assist faculty in increasing their competency in the use of instructional technology. The ACE will also promote and reward faculty scholarships, particularly in the area of teaching.
The development of the ACE began four years ago when faculty from various colleges gathered at Palmer College to share their views and experiences in better meeting the educational needs of chiropractic students. A second meeting was held in the fall of 1991 at Palmer-West, where faculty presented papers on educational issues. At that meeting, a group chaired by Eileen Kennedy made plans for a third meeting that would include workshops and paper sessions.
The third meeting convened in Atlanta and was highlighted by a workshop and paper session on incorporating computer technology in instructional programs at the computer lab at Life College, and a second workshop on evaluating student achievement in the basic and clinical sciences. Separate sessions on written and clinic/technique examinations were also given, allowing instructors to evaluate their own testing methods against faculty peers.
Membership in the ACE is open to faculty members of accredited colleges, including postgraduate and retired faculty.
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.
