Career Development

Getting the best results out of an associateship requires having the right expectations regarding the relationship from the outset. If your objectives are unrealistic, you stand a good chance of being gravely disappointed. On the bright side, with the right attitude, this can be time profitably spent. What you will learn You’ll learn how to […]

As you near graduation, you’ll likely grow increasingly concerned about taking your first steps in the real world outside school. To better assess your options, consider the responses given by new DCs to a recent survey by the American Chiropractic Association. Almost 30 percent of new DCs open a solo practice with no staff members. […]

For the last few years now, you have been dutifully sitting in classrooms, going to your labs, and learning how to use your hands to make a career for yourself. For many of you, chiropractic school has been a continuation of college, and it has been one class and one test after another, for quarters […]

After the first quarter or so of chiropractic college, many students forget why they are there. The process of learning often obscures its purpose. These students suffer from “practice amnesia.” Practice amnesia is the condition in which students forget that chiropractic college and national board examinations are largely an obstacle course, an expensive “snipe hunt” […]

Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? When you hear that phrase, do you think of a courtroom scene? Most people do. In a legal setting, “sworn testimony” is an affirmation that the statement being given is 100-percent true. When one is […]

When you open your first practice, chances are that money will be extremely tight. You may be tempted to “go it alone” and wait until business is booming before you start adding staff. In fact, according to one survey, nearly 30 percent of new DCs open a solo practice with no staff. Think again. Any […]

Here’s something you’ve likely not considered: Networking is the most important thing you can be doing now, and for the rest of your life. The meaning of networking Networking is “meeting people.” More importantly, it means meeting successful people. Networking happens when you meet someone and it is a memorable meeting during which you impress […]

You probably gen an uneasy feeling in your gut when you see the word “jail” associated with a position you might hold someday – or currently hold now (i.e., “associate”). You have undoubtedly heard stories about the pioneers of your profession who were wrongly thrown in the slammer as they fought for their principles and […]

If you’re getting ready to graduate, then you have survived many intense years in chiropractic school. They are likely to be the most powerfully focused and awe-inspiring years of your life. You’ve surely learned more about the human body, what animates it, and what heals it from the inside out than you ever imagined before […]

The view from inside chiropractic school may not match reality as much as you think. As a chiropractic student, you can get very comfortable in the bubble that is school. The closer you get to graduation, however, the more you realize that outside those protective gates there is a whole different world. In the real […]