DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 15, 2019) — Chiropractic students at Palmer College of Chiropractic will now have another opportunity to enhance their hands-on learning experience. Palmer College of Chiropractic has entered into an affiliation agreement to establish a preceptorship program with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Department of Neurosurgery. This preceptorship program will enhance patient care, education and research opportunities for both institutions.
Under the direction of Jeff King, DC, MS, who serves as an assistant professor at MCW, Palmer student interns will receive clinical training in a high-quality patient-care-delivery system.
“We’re very excited to grow the number of schools that are involved in our program to include Palmer. It’s our hope that by offering this learning experience to students, we can give them the confidence and knowledge to reach across traditional professional boundaries in their careers as well as exposing them to a wide variety of spine-related conditions during their internship.”
“With the rise of integrated, multidisciplinary health care settings, preceptorship agreements such as this offer our students experience that will benefit their future patients,” said Ron Boesch, DC, CHC, CHPC executive dean of Palmer Clinics.
In 2018, Palmer placed approximately 472 student interns in preceptorship programs with organizations, institutions and private practices around the world. Palmer places highly-qualified students in competitive rotations throughout a number of sites nationwide including numerous Department of Defense/Veteran’s Affairs hospitals. MCW plans to host two preceptorships each year for students from various chiropractic institutions.
Palmer College of Chiropractic, with campuses in Davenport, Iowa, San Jose, California, and Port Orange, Florida, is the founding and largest college within the chiropractic profession.
Palmer Chiropractic Clinics deliver more than 170,000 patient visits annually. For more information about Palmer Clinics, visit http://www.palmer.edu/clinics/ and follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PalmerClinicsQuadCities/.
