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Clinical Internship 4 - # 41390


NWCC Intern’s Clinic Handbook (pdf)

T9 Syllabus Workbook (pdf)

 

 
Warren L. Moe, DC
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300
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Clinic hrs: 17 /week

 
This internship is served in Northwestern’s outpatient clinics and CBI offices. Interns administer chiropractic care to public clinic patients under the direction of the clinic staff, and carry out examinations and treatment. Specific protocols for Internship are outlined in the NWHSU Outpatient Clinic Handbook and the Clinic Faculty Handbook.
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The Institution-wide learning goals define the common ground that unites the programs within the university. They are purposefully broad so that the various colleges and schools can continue to develop their unique identities through varying ways in which the goals are met.

  1. Effective Communication
    Graduates will demonstrate effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills in a wide variety of contexts, including collaborative activities.
  2. Self Directed and Lifelong Learning
    Graduates will be aware of the limits of one’s personal knowledge and experience and have an intellectual interest in scholarly and creative endeavors. Graduates will actively set appropriate learning goals, pursue them, and apply the knowledge gained.
  3. Ethical Reasoning
    Graduates will demonstrate a willingness to recognize the values of others while maintaining one’s own integrity, and act ethically and professionally in all endeavors.
  4. Individuals, Communities and Cultures
    Graduates will demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to the cultural and health practices of individuals and communities. Graduates will be able to identify appropriate health related resources.
  5. Service to the Community
    Graduates will understand and value the benefits of service to the community.
  6. Influence of Mind, Body and Spirit on Health
    Graduates will recognize the inter-relationship of the mind, body and spirit and the influence of extrinsic factors on an individual’s health.
  7. Critical Thought and Knowledge Acquisition
    Graduates will acquire, appraise and apply scientific information. Graduates will contextually organize and synthesize relevant information to address an issue or problem.
  8. Competence in one's Discipline
    Graduates will demonstrate competence of appropriate depth and scope for one's discipline.

Course Objectives
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Interns will, by the end of the term, demonstrate competency of the learning objectives identified in each of the following categories:

  • Front Office Procedures
  • Insurance/Cash
  • Correspondence/Financial
  • Health Promotion/Preventive Care
  • Legal Issues/Ethics
  • Business/Practice Management
  • Philosophy

Interns will continue work on the clinical requirements necessary for graduation.
Interns will appropriately document all completed requirements.
Materials
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  1. Required Text
    1. NWCC Intern’s Clinic Handbook (pdf)
  2. Recommended Text:
    1. N/A
  3. Required Materials:
    1. Professional attire
    2. Clinic jacket with name tag
    3. Doctor bag with equipment
    4. X-ray marking kit
    5. Black ink pen
    6. Other – as per faculty
A. Required Text(s):
  1. Intern's Clinic Handbook

B. Recommended Text(s):
  1. N/A

C. Required Materials for Lab:
  1. N/A
Assignments
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  1. Complete the following requirements:

1. Attendance:

  • Primary clinic - minimum of 17 hours for each week (17-21).
  • Rotations - complete all assigned Rotations for the term.
  • Minimum total hours for the term: 300 hours.

2. Appropriate record-keeping and maintenance of patient files.

3. Complete checkout process at end of term. Must be completed before advancing to T10.

4. Turn-in MARs, Monthly Activity Logs (MALs), Time Sheets, X-ray Report forms, and Case Management forms (monthly); Clinic Rotation Evaluation (after site visit); Clinic Experience Evaluation (checkout).

5. Syllabus Workbook Assignments are due according to the schedule below:

    Workbook Assignment
    		 Due Date
    Assignment 6 May. 17
    Assignment 7 May. 31
    Assignment 8 Jun. 14
    Assignment 9 Jun. 28
    Assignment 10 Jul. 12
    Assignment 11 Jul. 26

    B. Continue work on the cumulative minimum requirements listed below (see NWHSU Outpatient Clinic Handbook for specific details). All requirements must be completed before beginning a T10 preceptorship.
    1. 250 chiropractic adjustments/manipulations. A minimum of 200 are required to be spinal.
    2. 75 adjustments directly supervised and assessed by the faculty clinician.
    3. 20 clinical examinations with case history. To qualify, the examination must at least include an evaluation of all vital signs, case history, and an appropriate general (orthopedic, neurologic, and systems review) or focused examination. A case management report must be written for each examination.
    4. Order, perform, and integrate the data for case management and follow-up on a minimum of 10 different outpatients.
    5. 15 differrent complex case types must be evaluated and managed, including 10 live-patient (8 non-student), 5 may be paper-based.
    6. 20 x-ray techs. An x-ray report must be written to receive credit for the tech.
    7. 22 area radiographic (diagnostic imaging) examination written reports.
    8. 25 urinalyses, 20 complete blood counts and 10 clinical chemistries.

None of these services may be administered to NWCC students or an NWCC student's own family member(s); however, an intern may treat another NWCC student's family member(s).

 
Attendance
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Primary clinic site: Attendance minimum of 18 hours (17 clinic, 1 case study) each week of the term in your assigned clinic. A minimum of 300 clinic and 15 case study hours is required for the term.

Rotation sites: Complete all assigned rotations for the term

 
Grading Criteria
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Daily informal evaluation by clinic supervisor
Clinic Performance Assessment – Professional Growth (end of term)
Self Assessment of Professional Growth (end of term)

This is a pass/fail course. To pass, the student must:

  • Meet competencies in the Syllabus Workbook.
  • Complete and return the Assignments from the Syllabus Workbook.
  • Receive a satisfactory (3 or above) Clinic Performance Assessment from your T8 supervisor
  • Complete all components of section A under Assignments. (Both A and B must be completed by the end of T9 for students entering the Preceptorship program)
  • Receive a satisfactory (3 or above) Clinic Performance Assessment from your faculty clinician.
  • Abide by NWHSU Intern’s Clinic Handbook and NWHSU Student Handbook
  • Complete the T9 checkout process

Failure to fulfill the above may result in the loss of clinic hours, TAC time, and/or failing this course.

Guaranteed grades are as follows:

A = N/A
B = N/A
C = N/A
D = N/A
F = N/A
Course Competencies
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  1. COGNITIVE DOMAIN

    N/A

    Conditions:
    N/A

  2. PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN

    N/A

  3. AFFECTIVE DOMAIN

    N/A
Weekly Calendar of Learning Objectives
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N/A
Please Note
This schedule of lecture and lab topics and quizzes and exams may be changed during the course of the trimester as circumstances require. Whenever possible, such changes will be announced in class before the date and time in question. You are responsible for anything that transpires during lectures and labs, even when you are unable to attend. In the event that you miss a class session, make sure you check with a classmate about any announcements or schedule changes which may have been made. Makeup exams are allowed only according to the policies described in the current student handbook, which is available in the Student Affairs office.

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Last updated: 21 May, 2007

 

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