Breaking down the Hospital Barriers in Kansas
State Officials Hear Chiropractic TestimonyFour members of the Kansas Chiropractic Association (KCA) provided testimony to Kansas state health officials last month to encourage the granting of hospital staff privileges to nonallopathic health providers.
"There needs to be a new awareness of chiropractic in hospital settings," said Dr. Cleveland. "Studies on back pain prove the cost-effectiveness of chiropractic treatment."
The Kansas Health Department officials will examine the public testimony and make a report to Secretary of Health and Environment Dr. Robert Harder, who will then make his proposal to the Kansas Legislature. No hospitals in the state currently offer formal staff privileges to DCs, and hospital regulations have not been amended since 1969.
Regional Chiropractic College News
Parker College of Chiropractic
Dr. Neil Stern Addresses Texas LegislatureExecutive Vice President of Parker College of Chiropractic Dr. Neil Stern recently addressed the Higher Education Committee of the Texas House of Representatives on behalf of Senate Bill 201. This bill would enable Texas residents who plan to attend chiropractic college to receive the same supplemental funding assistance as students who attend medical or osteopathic colleges. Accompanying Dr. Stern to Austin was a group of Parker students whose enthusiastic presence showed their active support of the bill.
In his testimony, Dr. Stern reminded the Higher Education Committee that chiropractors have the same preprofessional, postsecondary requirements as medical students. He also called for all healing arts disciplines licensed by Texas to put aside animosity and work collectively for better health and "more meaningful equity of life for the residents of Texas."
DCs in the Military: DOD Contacts Parker
As part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1993 (see November 20, 1992 of "DC"), Congress gave authorization for the commissioning of chiropractors in the military, and President Bush signed the bill.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Rear Admiral Harold M.L. Koenig contacted Parker College President Dr. James W. Parker for information on the preprofessional training of DCs, to determine entry grade and promotion status for chiropractors in the armed forces. Dr. Parker offered a detailed breakdown of prerequisites as well as chiropractic college credits, substantiating that the entire postsecondary educational experience must be a minimum of six academic years.
Food for Thought
Parker College has initiated a program for students and faculty to get together each new trimester for a buffet dinner, a casual setting where college concerns are discussed. A student representative gives a brief report on notable student accomplishments, observations, and needed improvements. Also included are highlights of the college experience and expressions of appreciation to the faculty. Following the meal, President James Parker speaks, followed by a guest speaker.
CCCKC Meets Harris Challenge
The Cleveland Chiropractic College of Kansas City (CCCKC) alumni pledged $51,082 to the Cleveland Chiropractic College Endowment fund in response to a challenge issued by Dr. William Harris, president of the Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic (FACE). At CCCKC's homecoming '92 celebration held in October, Dr. Harris presented the college with a donation of $50,000 and promised to give an additional $25,000 if CCCKC could match the $50,000 donation. During the three month interim, CCCKC not only met the challenge, but surpassed it.
CCCKC Announces Expansion Plans
CCCKC plans to expand and remodel parts of its campus facilities this summer to accommodate its growing student body. Plans call for moving the college clinic to a larger campus building one block from the main campus, which will involve the relocation of the department of radiology, clinic labs, and clinician offices. A technique room has been added to the new clinic building, and walls have been reconstructed in selected rooms to expand classroom size. Additionally, CCCKC has purchased the land adjacent to the south edge of campus and college officials are weighing various options for the property's use.
"The remodeling and expansion will handle interim growth until the college identifies a site for relocation of the main campus," said CCCKC President Dr. Carl S. Cleveland III. "At that time we will continue to maintain a clinic in the Southtown area of Kansas City to serve its great volume and variety of patients."
CCCKC Hosts National Clinic Directors Meeting
The semi-annual meeting of the Council of Clinic Administrators (CCA) of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) met March 25-27 both at the CCCKC campus and in downtown Kansas City. The clinic directors spent part of their time touring the present CCCKC clinic and the site of the future clinic.
"We spent most of our three days talking about solutions to problems we all face and how we can improve the quality of our clinics," said Dr. Muriel Perillat, CCCKC clinic director and former CCA secretary-treasurer.
The CCA's next meeting will Nov. 4-6 at Cleveland Chiropractic College of Los Angeles.
CCCKC Holds Spring Commencement
The Spring Commencement for CCCKC was held April 13. Dr. Darrel Fore, president of the Kansas Chiropractic Association (1967 CCCKC graduate), delivered the graduation address. Twenty-nine students had the degree of doctor of chiropractic conferred upon them.
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