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Palmer College of Chiropractic West
90 E. Tasman Drive
San Jose, California, USA, 95134
Phone: (866) 303-7939
Fax: (408) 944-6032
www.palmer.edu/pccw_current.aspx
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Located in San Jose, California
The purpose of the Doctor of Chiropractic program at Palmer West is to educate and prepare students to become Doctors of Chiropractic, qualified to serve as primary contact health care providers and to serve humanity through patient care and community education.
All applications for admission are welcomed by Palmer College of Chiropractic. Entries to the program can be made four times a year: in January, April, July or October. The Admissions Department is available for consultation with high school students, college students or others who wish to consider a career in chiropractic health care. A visit to the Palmer West campus is strongly recommended as part of the planning process.
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 Palmer West Gives Good, Well-Rounded Educationby tratledge |
Date posted: (03/28/2006) |
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| There are a lot of opponents of Palmer West out there- even fellow Palmers at the Davenport branch seem to think there's only "one true Palmer." That may be true, but having gone through the program at Palmer West myself from beginning to end, and having had dealings with Palmer Davenport and Palmer Florida students (not to mention Life and Life West students), I can say that hands down, the clinical aspects and science education you will receive at Palmer West cannot be matched. I have yet to see a school outperform a well-educated, intelligent Palmer West student. Palmer West students perform the best on the national boards time in and time out.
Don't let "technique gurus" or "philosophy hounds" tell you that Palmer West is bad in these areas- you'll quickly find out as a student that you need only minimal guidance to find your own philosophy, and shoving your brain full of DD and BJisms is a ginormous waste of your very valuable time. |
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| No branch of the Palmer system, including west, focuses much on the business aspects of things, which is actually 90% of what it takes to make it in the world as a practitioner. My suggestions include a stronger focus on this area. |
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| Overall, my experience was positive. There are a few teachers at Palmer West who have no business being there- hopefully they'll be leaving soon. They put a mild damper on my learning capabilities, but overall, things went pretty smoothly.
Know this- going to this school puts you in the middle of an amazing, fun area to live in. But when you go to live in an amazing, fun area, you pay amazing, not-so-fun prices to do so. It's not as if the cost of everyday goods is high, it's the rent. It will absolutely kill you, and you will HAVE to loan out the maximum amount to get by, and you will have to have roommates. When all is said and done, you'll run through $135K to go to school here- it's fun, and I had a great time, but now I have a very large bill to pay off. I'd do it all over again if I had to, because Davenport, Iowa is downright depressing, and the Florida branch has an awkward curriculum for me. |
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| Great school, best of the Palmers. by whansen90 |
Date posted: (03/23/2009) |
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| You have to pass your boards in order to become a chiropractor and if you want to do that the first time this is the place to come. Palmer West has more hours of philosophy than davenport, you start adjusting earlier, you look at the whole body rather than some at davenport that would tell you C1 is the only thing that matters, and best thing of all if you are part of the sports club you get to work on athletes as soon as 4th qtr. I have had a great experience at Palmer West and I am very glad that I have come here. I feel that the education is top notch and very well rounded. |
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| Great school, great philosophy, great adjusting, great nutrition, and great scope of practice. |
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| Palmer West Great on Boards, So-So in Real World by cnote78 |
Date posted: (01/23/2009) |
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| Palmer West is great when it comes to basic science and diagnosis which will get you by the boards no problem. However, they were very limited in teaching of techniques and philosophy. In fact their philosophy is more of a medical philosophy then a chiropractic philosophy. I found my education superior to most other chiropractic students while I was in school. Now that I have been in practice for over 3 years I realize that the medical education I received is of little value to a Chiropractor. Treating back pain is very easy and patients respond extremely well to chiropractic. Too well. Without a bigger picture of chiropractic patients get better very quickly, thank you for your help, and do not return for maintenance care. I network and talk with many physical therapists, medical doctors, and nurses. However, referrals to my office are almost non-existent. Although they understand what I do, and that it helps patients, it is unacceptable among their medical counterparts to refer to a chiropractor. I have now tried to gain acceptance to the mainstream health care by applying to physical therapy school, but Sacramento State will not accept any of the classes that I took at Palmer as pre-requisites. Nor will they accept the clinical hours at Palmer or experience that I have had in practice. |
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| Palmer needs to gain the same accreditation that the major colleges in California have. That way integration with physical therapy, nursing, and orthopedics maybe obtained for the sake of patients everywhere. |
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| Good education, but not worth the price. No one outside of Chiropractic recognizes our degree as worth a darn. I feel like I have a gift for helping people, but in chiropractic practice, you have to spend too much time marketing your practice to focus on patient care. There are millions of people suffering with back pain, neck pain and headaches, but only a small percetange will ever seek out a chiropractor. The rest turn to their medical provider for help that is not as safe or effective as chiropractic. |
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