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Clinical Internship 5
Students continue to serve in either a Northwestern outpatient clinic or any approved Community Based Internship (CBI) with a private doctor of Chiropractic. Interns carry out examinations, administer chiropractic care, and deliver treatment under the direction of clinical faculty or their CBI mentor, while completing their technical requirements for graduation.
Clinical Internship 6
For this experience students have the opportunity to select the doctor who will serve as their mentor. Most chiropractic programs offer an off-campus internship/externship;
however, Northwestern was the first institution to introduce this
10th-term field internship in a practicing DC’s office. The
term provides a bridge between the academic world and the real world
of private practice.
This worldwide clinical education program is available
to students who have successfully completed their clinical quantitative
requirements as outlined by the Council on Chiropractic Education and Northwestern. Attempts have
been made to copy this model, but none have been as successful as
Northwestern in volume and variety of off-campus clinical experiences.
Service Learning
Service learning engages students in activities that combine community
service and academic instruction. Course content focuses on civic
responsibility, reflective thinking, and critical engagement with
a community organization that meets local, national, or international
needs. Students can participate in the following faculty-designed
programs or design their own experience.
- Interns can participate in a four-week clinical
opportunity in Costa Rica. Supervised by chiropractic faculty,
students educate, evaluate, and provide treatment to patients.
- Chiropractic interns can accompany riders on the
Heartland AIDS Ride. They evaluate patients and apply appropriate
soft-tissue techniques and other modalities.
- Interns can complete service learning hours regarding
domestic violence at the Harriet Tubman Center and the Lewis House.
- Hours can also be gained at the Aliveness Project,
a Twin Cities center for persons with AIDS.
Clinical Education Remediation Panel (CERP)
Interns with clinical and interpersonal skill deficiencies
are evaluated by the Clinical Education Remediation Panel, a standing
University committee. When an intern needs a remediation plan, this
panel creates, implements, and monitors the plan.
Licensure Information
- Information regarding the Minnesota State Board of Chiropractic
Examiners can be obtained at www.mn-chiroboard.state.mn.us
- Persons with passing NBCE Part IV scores must take a
written jurisprudence exam of Minnesota.
- Licensees are not required to carry malpractice insurance.
To contact other State Boards, use the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing
Boards Web site: www.fclb.org.
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