Episode 18: After School with NCLC

NCLC - Lobbying & Scholarships

The National Chiropractic Legislative Conference took place February of 2015 with Student ACA members attending from all over the country. NCLC is the premier national conference for doctors of chiropractic (DCs), chiropractic assistants (CAs) and chiropractic students that sets the direction for the future of chiropractic in America. It involves: * More than 20 hours of clinical professional development * Leadership coaching and business management seminars * World-class industry partner expo * Federal advocacy briefings and Capitol Hills visits

In this episode, SCUHS student, Anna Pearl, shares why students should attend and how you can help pay your way there with a fun video scholarship.

Guests

Anna Pearl - SCUHS

See her scholarship videos here: * From Garden 2 Table * Chiropractic Elevator Pitch

Anna shares:

• What is NCLC? Check out this year’s videos! • Why should students attend? • Which scholarships did you apply for? • How much time & effort did you put into the scholarships? • If you could create a scholarship, what would it require?

See the Top Eight SACA Scholarship Entries for 2015

See the 2015 ACF Scholarship Videos

Save the date for NCLC 2016 - February 24-27, 2016

Episode 16: After School with Circle of Docs

Circle of Docs

One Community For Everything Chiropractic

Dr. Beau Pierce - Founder and CEO

As a second generation DC, Dr. Pierce has been exposed to the idea of total wellness for over three decades. Dr. Pierce represents an emerging digital generation that has proved social networking and online connectivity translates into growth and strength. The idea to meld Chiropractic with a custom engineered social network was made possible by the unique circumstances of life long professional exposure and the generation he was born into. Dr. Pierce believes a digital element will be critical to remedy industry problems and advance the profession.

Dr. Pierce serves as the CEO and Chief Innovator and works to continually develop and enhance value added digital functions that will facilitate global member interactions, awareness and resource sharing.

Questions

• How important is social media to the progress of the profession?
• What is Circle of Docs and why did you found it?
• Why did you start podcasts?

Rapid Fire

• Finish this sentence: “Chiropractic is…”
• Where do you see chiropractic in 10 years?
• Describe your ideal patient in 1 sentence.
• If you could only use 3 treatments for the rest of your career, which would they be?
• What was the best time you had in practice?
• If you were to do it all over again, which school would you choose?
• What is the most important thing students can do when choosing a school?

Episode 11: After School with Dr. Mark Crislip – Part 2

About Dr. Crislip

Mark Crislip, MD has been a practicing Infectious Disease specialist in Portland, Oregon, since 1990. He is responsible for the Quackcast, a skeptical review of Supplements and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SCAM), three time winner of best health podcast; The Persiflagers Annotated Compendium of Infectious Disease Facts, Dogma and Opinion, a guide to infectious diseases; the Persiflagers Infectious Disease Puscast, a podcast review of infectious diseases, and Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor, an Infectious Disease blog.

Oh yeah. And A Gobbet ‘o Pus, a podcast repeat of Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor. He also has an iOS app and his ID blog entries have been collected and are available on the Kindle as Puswhisperer. A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor.

Part II Topics

• Have you ever been to a chiropractor?
• Placebo effect
• The importance of risk vs. benefit and comparing alternative and traditional medicine
• What is your favorite microbe?
• If you had to limit yourself to one topic of debate - homeopathy, vaccines, reiki, aliens - which would it be?
• The Society for Science-Based Medicine
• The difference between education and critical thinking and the prevalence of gullible-$h!7s.
• Evidence-based chiropractic & NCCAM
• What advice would you give to a student pondering chiropractic school? (Hint: Learn how badly you think and apply it to yourself.)

For more information on Dr. Crislip, check out edgydoc.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

While you're at it, check out Exploring Chiropractic on Facebook and Twitter as well, and share this interview with your classmates and friends.

Stay tuned for the second part of my interview with Dr. Crislip and an episode with South Africa.

Bonus: After School on a Mission to Haiti & the Dominican Republic

I just returned from a chiropractic humanitarian trip to Ouanaminthe, Haiti and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The trip was organized by Mission Life International founded by Dr. Peter Morgan and Dr. Gary Deutchman of New York City.

Fifty-two chiropractic students represented four schools, including Life West, Life University, Palmer West, and University of Western States.

On the way home from the trip I asked a few of the students to share their thoughts on the experience.

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Episode 9: How do you use social media?

EC 9 – Social Media in Chiropractic

Better late than never. This is another After School special with the most active chiropractic students on social media. We talk about why you should be on social media, all the big players, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and blogging. I stir up controversy over the Germ Theory of Disease, and we share our ‘Tic Picks including a brand new social network specifically for chiropractors.

Excuse the poor connection on my end, and enjoy!

Guests

Dave Tran – LuxTV YouTube Channel Facebook, @dhtran on Twitter, and Instagram

Alicia Smith – Chiropractic Students Facebook Community

Brian Lanoue – Our Extraordinary Lives Blog and @LA_Franchise on Twitter

Brendan McCann - @StudentACA @BHMcCann on Twitter and the Hands in Training Blog

‘Tic Picks

Dave Tran: His favorite interview so far – Who is The Dark Lord??

The Chiropractic Sandbox Facebook Group – this group has since been discontinued

Alicia Smith: Hippocrates’ Shadow by David H. Newman

Brendan McCann: Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande (and his TEDTalk: How do we heal medicine?)

TEDTalk: How to live to be 100+

Brian Lanoue: Life by Design Worldwide Podcast

Dr. DeMartini’s Breakthrough Experience

Nathan Cashion: CircleOfDocs

Episode 7: After School with Dr. Lona Cook

Dr. Lona Cook is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as Northwestern Health Sciences University for her Doctorate of Chiropractic. She is the author of the book “Just Tell Me Where To Start - Insight on Blasting into Chiropractic Practice” in which she details how she paid of all of her student loans in exactly 2 years.

In my interview with her we talk about:

• How did you manage to pay off $150,000 of loan debt in 2 years?
• Why weren't you content just doing what everyone else does and sticking to the 10 year plan?
• What was the feeling like that month after you had paid off your loans? You had an extra $10,000 in expendable income!
• What should students do right now to prepare for practice?
• How do you manage to afford technique seminars and extra courses while in school?
• How did you provide for yourself during those 6 months post graduation?
• Is paying off your loans early dependent on a high volume principle based practice?

You can download Just Tell Me Where to Start on the iTunes Bookstore, or Smashwords

For more information on Dr. Cook, check out drlonacook.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.