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The Family Practice Internal Diagnosis and Nutrition Course
A preventive medicine, life style alternative medicine practice that delivers a natural approach health service.
- A Quick Summary of The Most Commonly Requested Information
- Advantages Of Continuing Education By Distance Learning
- About This Course
- Chiropractic Diagnosis and Management of Internal Disorders
- Diplomate Examination Information
A Quick Summary of The Most Commonly Requested Information:
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- What designation would I be elligble to receive?
- How many sessions do I have to take?
- How many of the sessions are available online?
- What is the cost of the online seminars?
- Will I have to attend any sessions live?
- Where can I take the live programs?
- You can take Live sessions 8, 11 and 21 with Dr. Kessinger. Please Click Here to view locations and dates offered by Dr. Kessinger
- Live session 5 must be taken at either National (Chicago) or Northwestern (Minneapolis) as it is a "hands-on" pelvic examination workshop. Dr. Delilah Anderson is the "point-person" for these. They are usually offered 2 or 3 times per year. Please contact her by e-mail for upcoming dates: drdelilah1@yahoo.com
- How often is the Diplomate Examination offered?
- How can I contact the ABCI?
Coursework leads to the elligibility to sit for the examination to obtain the designation DABCI (Diplomate American Board of Chiropractic Internists) of the American Chiropractic Association
26 12-hour sessions
22 12-hour sessions are available on the ChiroCredit.com website
Each 12 hours session is only $275. If you want the session to count towards Diplomate certification, at the end of each 12 hour session, there is a mail in test which you need to submit with an additional $20 fee.
You will only have to attend four live weekend workshops
Examinations are held once per year, or, more often if the number of candidates increases during the year.
You can contact the Secy. of the ABCI, Dr. Jon Williams. His e-mail is: jwilliams@nwhealth.edu
Advantages Of Continuing Education By Distance Learning
Several thousand persons in the health field each year attend meetings throughout the U.S. and Canada to advance their professional education and to satisfy their yearly continuing education requirements. Considerable expenses are incurred to attend live continuing education programs around the country which include travel, food and lodging, not to mention the time lost from ones family and practice. Many certifying organizations are now recognizing the benefits of distance learning for the health professional.
And NOW, You too can learn “ON-LINE” in your own home or office!
For two decades, training sessions and workshops sponsored by two Chiropractic colleges have been formulated and presented to the profession in order to accumulate the necessary knowledge and hours to be elligible to take the Diplomate Examination to obtain status as a Deiplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists. From these meetings the very foundation of the 312 hour 26 session Diagnosis, Internal Disorders, and Preventive Medicine program was developed and has been presented live over 19 times.
Doctors who complete the 23 Online Sessions and attend three live weekends of hands-on-workshops will be eligible to sit for the certifying diplomate examination in Chiropractic Family Practice, Diagnosis and Internal Disease from the American Board of Chiropractic Internists (DABCI) of the American Chiropractic Association.
Learn at your own pace and at an economical cost.
The same “Internal Disorders Family Practice Diagnostic Nutritional Course” which has been taught for nearly two decades has been revised, updated, and enhanced with new information and scientific references. With major improvements in technical material, over 1800 pages of course text, more than 4,000 color slide images, in addition to enhanced “voice over” audio discourse, are now economically available to you on the internet and are sponsored by the Postgraduate Division of the University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic, a CCE accredited college.
About This Course
The primary purpose in preparing this work for distribution on the internet was to provide a concise course of instruction to doctors of Chiropractic and other para-professionals interested in a practical method of training in preventive medicine, internal disorders and nutritional therapy.
The contents of the 26 sessions provides a broad variety of subjects and focuses on a cause and effect strategy with emphasis on the prevention of disease and early identification of a patient’s health problems. Certainly, the material does not pretend to be a comprehensive work; very few diseases or specific syndromes are discussed in detail, and only disorders most commonly seen in a lifestyle “health and wellness” specialty are presented. The course is well credentialed with numerous documented scientific references accompanying each individual course session.
The sessions on specific diagnostic modalities encompass basic and often brief explanations of the procedures and interpretations. The slides and accompanying text notes are meant to supplement the many excellent encyclopedic textbooks on general medicine and chiropractic methods. For the novice physician interested in practicing preventive medicine and nutritional therapy, often those heavy and very detailed specialized textbooks are not so beneficial. Given a patient with a common complaint, or perhaps a not so common complaint, how does he or she arrive at a correct assessment of the patient's health quotient? How does the clinician arrive at a specific diagnosis; assist and treat the patient in a practical and cost-conscious manner; and then hopefully, guide the patient on the unending journey to health and wellness? Indeed, this course material addresses these questions.
By following the patient over the course of their illness and serving the patient in a mode of preventing disease over a life time, the chiropractic physician can learn the natural history of the patient’s disorder and the spectrum of complications that may attend it, and thus, without question, continually guide them on a journey to health and wellness.
A course of this magnitude must give not only the scientific capabilities and technological advances of modern medical science but also to other aspects of the doctor-patient relationship such as the patient’s attitude towards illness; what role their lifestyle plays with illness; and of course, the cost-benefit trade-offs of investing in natural health care. Each must be intelligent and pragmatic, as it is often paid for by the patient when third-party payers deny alternative therapies and preventive medicine.
The clinical strategies suggested in this course are specifically directed toward a concept of patient wellness and a service directed to increase the functional capacity of the patient during and beyond active periods of therapy. The strategic focus of patient care throughout is threefold: determine the cause of the patient’s symptoms; attempt to identify the seriousness of his or her overall health; and further, assess the patient’s degree of wellness. In essence, an attempt to rule out potential pathology and organic disease is made and the question asked, ”Is the patient salvageable?” Indeed, would the time, effort and money spent provide an outcome worthy of the discipline required? From this, further determinations are made relevant to the signs and symptoms that might be related to either nutritional deficiencies or functional problems. Clinically, this is accomplished by conducting a thorough physical examination, ordering various laboratory tests and performing indicated x-ray studies. Not infrequently, the technical facts obtained by these procedures will reveal the primary or major component of the patient's health problem.
Patient control is essential in a preventive medicine lifestyle practice, demanding considerable, if not strict, patient compliance to major lifestyle changes that include diet, exercise, avoidance of tobacco products, alcohol, and recreational drugs, among others. Without superb patient cooperation, the therapeutic results will prove to be minimal, at best.
Of course, the degree of benefit to the clinician will be directly related to the effort the chiropractic clinician devotes to learning the material, and most importantly, the extent and effort that the clinician applies the material in a day to day practice.
Although it has been prepared for the doctor of chiropractic, the same methods and philosophy taught in the course can be applied by all health disciplines. Although few in number, physicians holding degrees in medicine, osteopathy, naturopathy, dentistry and oriental medicine have attended live lecture presentations, and have skillfully learned to employ the techniques and procedures presented in the 26 sessions.
Certainly, It is our desire that the doctors who read, study and employ these concepts will enhance their clinical skills and patient management; affect an improved state of well being in their patients and will offer them a gratifying and enjoyable way in reaching their professional goals. And finally, that they may prosper financially, despite the unfriendly and chaotic climate of the ever changing health industry.
Chiropractic Diagnosis and Management of Internal Disorders
A 300 Hour Course Leading To Diplomate Internist
Session 1: Introduction to Chiropractic Internal Disorders - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 2: History Taking - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 3: The General Physical Examination and Associated Pathology - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 4: Diseases and Examination of the Pelvis and Associated Pathology and Management of the Hypersensitive Patient - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 5: Physical Examination Workshop - LIVE ON CAMPUS
Session 6: Multi-channel Blood Chemistries, CBC, Thyroid Panel, TSH - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 7: Additional Blood Tests and Tumor Markers for the Internal Disorder Patient - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 8: Blood Interpretation Workshop II - LIVE on CAMPUS
Session 9: Cardiovascular Disease - Prevention, Diagnosis - Management* - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 10: Electrocardiography and Phonocardiography - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 11: Pharmacognosy (Herbal therapy) - LIVE ON CAMPUS
Session 12: Chronic Degenerative Disease - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 13: Pediatrics - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 14: Spirometry and Lung Disorders - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 15: Geriatrics - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 16: Urinary Disorders and Hair Biopsy Assessment - - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 17: Immunology and Allergy - Part I - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 18: Allergy - Part II - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 19: Common Diseases Affecting the Arterial System - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 20: Evaluating Vascular and Venus Disorders by Instrumentation - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 21: Peripheral Vascular Disease Workshop - LIVE ON CAMPUS
Session 22: Facts of the Neoplastic Processes and Examining the Cancer Patient - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 23: Malignant Diseases, AIDS and there Management and Treatment - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 24: Upper Gastrointestinal Disease - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 25: Lower Gastrointestinal Disease - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Session 26: Drug Reactions, Reports, and Clinical Documentation - OFFERED ONLINE CHIROCREDIT.COM
Information On The Three Live Sessions
Sessions 5, 8 and 21 are offered a various times of the year. For information on scheduled dates, please contact the Secretary of the ABCI, Jon Williams, DC, DABCI, by email at jwilliams@nwhealth.edu
Diplomate Examination Information
The Diplomate Examination is given in three parts:
- Part 1: History and Physical Examination, Female Disorders, Blood Chemistry Interpretation, Neuromusculoskeletal and Sports Injuries, and Hair Mineral Analysis and Nephropathic Disease
- Part II: Allergy and Ecological Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Gastrointestinal Disease, Neoplastic Disease and AIDS, and Vascular Disorders, and Spirometry and Diseases of the Lung.
- Part III: The practical examination consists of the demonstration of four specific examinations such as ear, abdomen, chest, pelvis, etc., and an oral step by step procedures leading to the diagnosis of two internal disorders cases.
The fee for each part is $400 USD.