 Get Rational - Go to Nationalby dariusz |
Date posted: (12/13/2006) |
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| I had been a licensed health care professional for 15 years, before I had decided to enter the professional Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine Programm at NUHS. |
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| If you would like to graduate as a chiropractic physician, who is capable of working as a first-contact physician in your own practice and also be an equal partner to medical and osteopathic doctors in terms of disscusing different patient cases, go to National university. However, be prepared to study very hard for about 4 years. |
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| Great guided discovery curriculum, strict program, preparing the highest competency doctors of chiropractic medicine, who may be able to work in the hospital setting as well as in independent clinics. |
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 A Promising School that Turned Into a Let Downby ChiroChiroChiro |
Date posted: (07/13/2009) |
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| After visiting a few chiropractic colleges, I chose National because it was close to home and it seemed like an okay school.
I was sadly mistaken. While National has it's good points, the bad out weighed the good, for me anyways. Many of the departments are out of sync making things difficult for knowing what's going on at the school as far as financial aid, certain campus policies, etc.
While I only attended a year, I came across only a handful of decent professors. Some of the teachings were so far fetched and practically 'made up' by some professors, that when I spoke of some things I had learned to students from other chiropractic colleges, they laughed.
Another thing that was a problem for me was class cancellation. There was one class in particular where the professor would cancel class every Friday. While it's great to have a Friday afternoon off from school, I'm not paying tuition to have a teacher skip school once a week. Not to mention a certain amount of hours of each subject are required to even receive a degree in chiropractic.
With the National curriculum, each class only has 2-3 tests every trimester. This is a horrible way of testing because all your knowledge from 6 weeks is crammed into only 50 questions on an exam.
Adjusting labs were decent. The professors were very knowledgeable and clubs were a great way to tweak your skills. Fraternity and Sorority were great too because a highly regarded professor would show us adjusting techniques each week.
Now that National is opening a campus in Florida, some of the wonderful professors from the Illinois campus are leaving. I'm surprised the CCE even let National open another campus. It was also noticeable that so much money was being put into opening the new school that the current school was lacking necessary equipment to help its students have a better learning experience. |
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| The different areas of the school need to be more in sync with one another which would make the school run easier for everyone. The heads of the departments should take seriously the complaints of students, especially when these complaints could affect the schools accreditation. It would be nice to have tests more than only a few times each term so that better care can be put into learning the material. There is also a handful of unapproachable professors who seem like they don't even like students let alone teaching. The hierarchy could use some work and should take serious consideration to suggestions by the students. |
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| Overall, I think National isn't a great school, but it isn't a horrible school either. Maybe the Oriental Medicine program or the Nutrition or Massage Therapy programs are much better but as for chiropractic, I think students would be better off at a different school. One that has the whole package: great teachers, helpful faculty and staff, good accommodations and classrooms and an overall handle on what it means to be an excellent chiropractic college. National should stick to Oriental Medicine and Massage Therapy and leave chiropractic to those school that know what they are doing. |
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| Toughest Curriculum in Industry by tdturbo |
Date posted: (06/10/2007) |
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| After attending CCOM, D.O. school, NCC made that look like high school. Very thorough and complete school. This school is not for the weak minded, it is extremely difficult, demanding and rewarding. It makes you an internal medicine primary care physician that practices Chiropractic. |
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| This is the Harvard of Health Sciences, this includes medical schools. If you want to be a doctor and are not very bright, go to med school, it's much easier and less time. NCC requires 9 yrs of education vs. 8 for medical school. If you can handle it, a degree from National will put you on top of the rest. |
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| Excellent, second to none |
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| National -- where you learn to Dx and Tx the WHOLE body by chirogal |
Date posted: (03/13/2008) |
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| Chiropractic is a 2nd career for me and having worked in the healthcare industry in my "former life" I can tell you that this school isn't perfect, could be improved, but is 2nd to NONE in the preparation of chiropractic physicians rather than just chiropractic technicians. We understand the relationship that the nervous system has on the rest of the body as well as reverse. Sometimes it's not just a matter of fixing the nervous system. Knowing the difference and when our allopathic counterparts are needed is part of what makes us good doctors. |
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| The school needs morale work as well as vertical and horizontal alignment in the curriculum to identify areas of overlap and potential areas of "thinness". |
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| For an education that prompts comments from other healthcare professionals like, "I can trust that these doctors know what they are doing when that isn't the case with some of the other schools." and that we are respected in our hospital rotations -- then come to National. |
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| Best School Bar None by DrT |
Date posted: (02/23/2008) |
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| Excellent |
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| Get student loans |
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| This is the research arm of the profession |
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