Alumnus Vol. 54, No. 1 | Page 6

Homecoming 2018 MT Schedule DC/ND/AOM Schedule, continued Saturday, June 23, 2018 – Room 139 Friday, June 22, 2018 – Room L34 Time Event Session 9:00am-9:30am Break 9:30am-10:30am Session Time Event Session Breakfast Break (Hallway) Dr. Kristine Tohtz TCM Pediatric: Identification of Children in the 5 Element Model for Better Treatment Options 9:30am-11:00am Session An Introduction to Lomi Lomi: Part 1 11:00am-12:30pm Session An Introduction to Lomi Lomi: Part 2 (Student Center) 10:30am-11:30pm Session Dr. Pamela Joachim President’s Luncheon (Invite Only) 11:30am-12:30pm Session Dr. Rachel Klein 2:00pm-3:00pm Campus Tours (NUHS Campus) 3:00pm-4:00pm Session An Introduction to Lomi Lomi: Part 3 4:00pm-5:00pm Session An Introduction to Lomi Lomi: Part 4 12:30pm-2:00pm CoxR Technic: The Evidence-Based Neck and Back Pain Relief System Brain Health: A Balancing Act Alumni & Class (Student Center) Reunion Luncheon (Invite Only) 12:30pm-2:00pm 2:00pm-3:00pm Campus Tours (NUHS Campus) 3:00pm-4:00pm Session Dr. Gina Sirchio Female Athlete Triad Fertility Panel Dr. Pamela Aaron Joachim, Dr. Rachel Klein, Dr. Gina Sirchio, and Dr. Kristine Tohtz 4:00pm-4:30pm 4:30pm-5:00pm Break Refreshment Break (Hallway) Cocktail Reception PCI/Senior Steward Event (Invite Only) 5:00pm-7:30pm (Student Center) Sponsored by CS X-Ray Sponsored by China-Gel Sponsored by NCMIC CCE Accreditation Update from the President It is important for me to spend some time addressing questions and misinformation surrounding our Council on Chiropractic Educa- tion (CCE) reaffirmation of accreditation for the DC program. First and foremost, the University is very proud that the CCE had the confidence in National to reaffirm our accreditation for an 8-Year Cycle. While the CCE identified areas for improvement in the public sanction of the DC program, none of those concerns are related to the quality or level of the education of our students. As the University continually works toward improvement, new processes to evidence student achievement are put in place. The CCE has asked the university to supply more data on two of our new processes. In a forth- coming visit this fall, we look forward to providing the council with additional data on these new processes to satisfy the request. National’s chiropractic medicine students continue to achieve high pass rates on the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) board exams, despite what might have been implied by the comments in some of the negative publications recently surfacing. Recent changes to the CCE Policy 56, despite its intention to accurately inform the public, affords for the misrepresentation of our stu- dents’ actual pass rates. In the current iteration of Policy 56, students that did NOT take the exam are required to be reported as failing the exam. The majority of our Illinois campus students, historically, have sought to practice in Illinois. Until 2016, those students were not re- quired to take Part IV of the NBCE exams. Although current graduates are required to take parts I, II, III, and IV for Illinois licensure, the obligation for reporting pass rates for Policy 56 requires a four year average. As such, NUHS is required to include data from 2014 and 2015 that represents graduates who did not take Part IV, as it was unnecessary for licensure. Although these students did not take the exam, as per CCE policy, they must be included in the calculation as failing the exam. Obviously these statistics are misinformed. Please rest assured that National students that actually take the NBCE exams pass at a rate well above the CCE benchmark. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to call my office at (630) 889-6604. 6 Joseph Stiefel, MS, EdD, DC President 7