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August 28, 2006
Sherman College Kicks Off
Leadership Institute, Philosophy Academy
In the interest of building leaders – including
leaders of thought – in the chiropractic
profession, Sherman College has launched two new
major programs: the Leadership and Practice
Management Institute and the Academy of
Chiropractic Philosophers.
Leadership and Practice Management Institute
“When we look at the profession, we see great
leadership ability and potential,” says Jon
Schwartzbauer, D.C., who was named Sherman
College’s Leadership and Practice Management
Institute (LPMI) director earlier this year. “We
want to create and promote a culture of
ever-improving leadership. One of the basic
ideas of the program is to put the idea of
everyone being a leader in front of our
colleagues. We want to provide the opportunity
for everyone, regardless of their present
abilities, to move to the next level. That’s one
way to ensure that the concept of leadership
becomes a part of how everyone perceives the
profession.”
Sherman College’s LPMI Success Colloquium, which
began in April, promotes these concepts and is a
series of seminars designed to enhance
leadership and practice management skills for
members of the chiropractic profession as well
as Sherman students and faculty.
The Success Colloquium, as successful as it has
been, is only the first step in the Leadership
and Practice Management Institute’s effort.
According to Schwartzbauer, a student leadership
program is already in the planning stage,
because organizers know that if students become
involved while they are still in chiropractic
college they can develop leadership skills more
easily than would be the case once they are out
in practice. Plans are also underway to expand
the reach of the present program beyond South
Carolina and North Carolina.
“We also want to do something just for
chiropractors and on the national level,”
Schwartzbauer says of the future of the program.
“We’d like to get chiropractors involved across
the country with certificate programs in
leadership.” But for the moment, the primary
goal remains to build the current program, to
get the regional effort fine-tuned so that it
can serve as a model for later expansion.
“We are pleased with the progress our colloquium
program is making, but our ultimate goal is to
train chiropractors to be better leaders and
have greater success in practice while remaining
ethical, compassionate and true to their
profession,” Schwartzbauer says. “To do that,
our program needs to take a leading role.” And
Schwartzbauer says he is up for the challenge.
For more information on the LPMI or Success
Colloquia, e-mail Schwartzbauer at
jschwartzbauer@sherman.edu or call
800-849-8771, ext. 285.
Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers
An inaugural class of nearly 20 kicked off
Sherman’s Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers (ACP)
program at Lyceum 2006 in late May, with four
live sessions including a writer’s workshop,
plus programs titled “The Three Paradigms,” “A
Tribute to Lyle Sherman,” and “Re-Evaluating the
Mental Impulse.”
The ACP is a one-year course designed to
increase the understanding and depth of the
philosophy of chiropractic. It challenges and
inspires participants to learn and think more
than ever about philosophy and its relationship
to the above-down-inside-out worldview. In
addition to five live sessions offered at Lyceum
and other times on the Sherman College campus,
the ACP requires five online sessions and a
thesis, culminating at Lyceum 2007.
The ACP re-visits the disciplines of deductive
reasoning and vitalism and evaluates them for
relevance and application as participants
listen, question and synthesize current thinking
in biology, genetics, chiropractic research,
adaptability, biochemistry and anatomy. In
addition, the Academy is committed to helping
D.C.s become the writers and speakers they
desire to be and that the profession needs.
“The separateness and distinctness of
chiropractic rests on its philosophy,” says
Sherman’s Philosophy Department Chair Bill
Decken, D.C., L.C.P. “B.J. Palmer charged the
coming generations of chiropractors to guard
well this sacred trust. If you are inclined to
take this challenge to heart, join your
colleagues in studying to become a member of the
Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers.”
Successful completion of the one-year program
awards the ACP designation, which is accepted by
the ICA Council on Chiropractic Philosophy as
the first year of study toward a diplomate in
Philosophical Chiropractic Standards. For more
information on the ACP, e-mail
lyceum@sherman.edu or call 800-849-8771,
ext. 229.
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