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Palmer College of Chiropractic

Current Students

Academic Services

The Counseling Department provides Academic Support, and opportunities for enhanced learning for all Palmer College of Chiropractic students. Our department provides assistance with Academic Advising, Alternate Schedules, and serves as student advocates with other departments. We also understand that to perform best in your classes, you may need assistance outside the classroom, or effective study skills to lay the foundation for current and future classes. With that in mind, we have developed an array of Academic Services to help you meet your educational goals:

Academic Counseling
Individual Curricular Schedule
Academic Advising
Palmer Academic Support Services (PASS)
Center of Student Learning & Development
Self-Help Study Skills

Academic Counseling

Academic Counseling assists students in understanding and adapting to the academic challenges of chiropractic education. Our goal is to help students develop skills and strategies that contribute to a successful and satisfying educational experience. Academic Counselors are available to clarify the college's academic policies, practices and procedures. The counselors can also discuss with students a variety of academic options and policies, including:

the criteria for satisfactory academic progress
minimum requirements for financial aid eligibility
curriculum management plans
Individualized Curricular schedule options to the 10^th trimester, 29 to 30 credits per trimester curricular structure
information about on-campus academic support services
assistance with general questions regarding the academic program and how to access services
advice about preparation and planning for National Board Exams

Academic Counseling also works with students individually to help identify more efficient or effective study strategies. Counselors can also provide suggestions for how to optimize the educational benefits of the chiropractic curriculum and more fully engage the resources available to students. Online academic support brochures are available for students at the Self-Help Study Skills link.

Palmer Counseling Services is an expression of the concept of holistic experience whereby all dimensions of experience are connected. Thus, difficulties in one aspect of a person’s experience can manifest and affect other areas of a person’s life. Likewise, success and strength in one aspect of experience can be directed toward other aspects of experience. The realities of being a chiropractic student can make it challenging to maintain one’s overall well being. Counseling Services complements chiropractic, assisting students in the goal of optimizing one’s level of functioning. Students are encouraged to speak with Academic Counselors about strategies for being well while engaged in the process of preparing themselves to be wellness-care providers. Online wellness brochures are available at the Self-Help Wellness link.

For Palmer Academic Counseling
Contact: Lisa Mestad, D.C. or Lori Newman, Ph.D.

Individual Curricular Schedule

Success in the ten-trimester curriculum requires excellent time management skills, solid preparation in the basic sciences and effective study strategies. Many students find they are able to maximize educational and personal benefits of the program by taking less than the 29-31 credits that are necessary to complete the curriculum in ten trimesters. Taking fewer credits per term and extending the length of the curriculum to eleven or twelve trimesters allows students a variety of benefits:

time and energy to spend with spouses and/or children and significant others

time and energy to participate in co-curricular activities on and off campus

time to more thoroughly study and master course content

time to attend to personal growth and wellness

Three Individual Curricular schedules (ICS) have been developed that reduce the number of credits per trimester through the basic sciences portion of the curriculum, where students tend to have the most difficulty. These three schedules meet the requirements for full-time student status, and maintain financial aid eligibility. If you are interested in taking a reduced number of credits and would like to discuss the ICS contact: Lori Newman, Ph.D. or Lisa Mestad, D.C.

Individualized Curricular Schedule 1: Biochemistry 1

1^stTri		2^nd Tri
Fund of Neurophys	3	Biochemistry I	6
Gross Anatomy I	6	Spinal Anatomy II	5
Embryology	5	Cellular Physiology	3
Neuroanatomy I	5	Neurophysiology	3
Spinal Anatomy I	2	Philosophy II	2
Rights & Responsibilities	1	Imm. & Com. Dis.	3
Philosophy I	2	Palpation	2
Information Literacy	1
Credit Hours	25	Credit hours	24

3^rd TRI		4^th TRI
Gross Anat II	6	Organ Histology	5
Biochemistry II	5	Neuroanatomy II	5
Endocrinology	3	Fundamentals of Path	4
C.V.P. Physiology	4	Microbiology	5
Adv. Neurophys	2	Renal Physiology	3
Public Health	3	Toggle Recoil	5
Instrumentation	2
Credit Hours	25	Credit Hours	27
		Total of 95 credits by end of 4th trimester of attendance.

5^th TRI		6^th TRI
Philosophy III	2	NMS Diagnosis I	5
System Pathology	7	Physical Diagnosis	10
Digestion-Nutrition	3	Radiology II	3
Radiology I	3	Biomechanics	4
Toxicology	6	Pelvic Tech	4
Cervical Technique	5
Physiotherapy I	4	Credit Hours	28
Credit Hours	30	Total of 150 credits by
		end of 6^th trimester of attendance

*Students are eligible to take NBCE Part I when registered for their sixth term.
*This alternative schedule does not reflect possible scheduling conflicts.

Individualized Curricular Schedule 2 Neuroanatomy I

1^st TRI		2^nd TRI
Gross Anatomy I	6	Neuroanatomy I	5
Embryology	5	Gross Anatomy II	6
Spinal Anatomy I	2	Cellular Physiology	3
Rights & Responsibilities	1	Neurophysiology	3
Biochemistry I	6	Endocrinology	3
Fund Neurophys	3	Philosophy II	2
Philosophy I	2	Palpation	2
Information Literacy	1

Credit Hours	26	Credit hours	24

3^rd TRI		4^thTRI
Spinal Anatomy II	5	Organ Histology	5
Imm & Comm Dis	3	Neuroanatomy II	5
Biochemistry II	5	Fundamental of Path	4
Microbiology	5	Instrumentation	2
CVP Phys	4	Radiology I	6
Adv. Neurophys	2	Renal Physiology	3
Credit Hours	24	Credit Hours	25
		Total of 97 credits by end of 4th trimester of attendance.

5^th TRI		6^th TRI
Philosophy III	2	NMS Diagnosis I	5
System Pathology	7	Physical Diagnosis	10
Digestion-Nutrition	3	Radiology II	4
Public Health	3	Cervical Technique	5
Toggle Recoil	5	Biomechanics	4
Toxicology	3	Physiotherapy II	4
Physiotherapy I	4	Credit Hours	32
Credit Hours	27	Total of 150 credits by
		end of 6^th trimester of attendance

*Students are eligible to take NBCE Part I when registered for their sixth term.
*This alternative schedule does not reflect possible scheduling conflicts.

Individualized Curricular Schedule 3 Gross Anatomy I

1^st TRI		2^nd TRI
Neuroanatomy I	5	Gross Anatomy I	6
Embryology	5	Biochemistry II	5
Spinal Anatomy I	2	Cellular Physiology	3
Rights & Responsibilities	1	Neurophysiology	3
Biochemistry I	6	Endocrinology	3
Fund of Neurophys	3	CVP Physiology	4
Philosophy I	2	Philosophy II	2
Information Literacy	1
Credit Hours	25	Credit hours	26

3^rd TRI		4^th TRI
Gross Anat II	6	Organ Histology	5
Spinal Anatomy II	5	Neuroanatomy II	5
Imm & Comm. Dis	3	Fundamental of Path	4
Microbiology	5	Instrumentation	2
Adv. Neurophys	2	Toggle Recoil	5
Palpation	2	Renal Physiology	3
Public Health	3	Instrumentation	2
Credit Hours	26	Credit Hours	24
		Total of 95 credits by end of 4th trimester of attendance.

5^th TRI		6^th TRI
Philosophy III	2	NMS Diagnosis I	5
Digestion-Nutrition	3	Physical Diagnosis	10
System Pathology	7	Toxicology	3
Radiology I	6	Radiology II	4
Physiotherapy II	4	Biomechanics	4
Cervical Technique	5	Physiotherapy	4
Credit Hours	27	Credit Hours	30
		Total of 150 credits by end of 6^th trimester of attendance.

* Students are eligible to take NBCE Part I when registered for their sixth term.
* This Individualized Curricular schedule does not reflect possible scheduling conflicts.

Academic Advising

The Division of Academic Affairs provides information pertaining to college policies and procedures and transfer of course credits from other chiropractic colleges or advanced degree programs to the chiropractic curriculum. Any questions regarding prerequisite courses for the D.C. program and the curricular structure of the D.C. program are addressed by the Dean of Academic Policies. The Division of Academic Affairs is located on the fourth floor in the Administration Building which is at the north end of Heritage Court.

Contact: Kevin Paustian, D.C. , Student Academic Affairs

Students who are registering for a modified course schedule need to contact the Individual Curricular Coordinator:

Contact: Harvey (Chip) Morter, M.S.

Academic Counseling & Advising
Palmer Academic Support Services (PASS) Program Tutorials
The Center for Student Learning and Development (CSLD)
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