Well 7th tri has finally arrived for me, which means I will soon be "cleared for clinic"! This means that I have reached a point where I can start treating patients in the campus health center, one of our two clinics here at Palmer. The Campus Health Center, or CHC in Palmer lingo, is the student clinic. The patients, for the most part, are fellow students. You can also bring in family members, and treat faculty and staff there. The other clinic, the Academic Health Center, or AHC, is open to the public. It's our mac-daddy, state of the art, HUGE clinic building. I think it's the largest chiropractic clinic in the world, but don't quote me on that. It's certainly impressive. The highest quality digital x-ray, treatment equipment, physical therapy dept., etc. It's awesome! I'll be over there next tri; looking forward to it! I'm equally excited about being in the CHC though. I really like my staff doctor, Dr. Krayanhagen. In our clinic system all the student doctors are assigned to a staff doctor, who oversees all patient management. We're learning, after all, and an experienced doctor looking over your shoulder, giving advice and input, is crucial, both for patient care and student learning.
This week and next we are in "observations", where we are observing an 8th tri student treating a patients, following our staff doctor, learning clinic protocols, etc. Next Friday is our Clinic Induction Ceremony, and the following Monday we are cleared. Yeah!
I'll post regularly through this transition, so stay tuned...
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