COLLEGEUPDATE
LIFE WEST LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
As chiropractic grows and flourishes, Life West will always be an ongoing contributor to all that makes the profession great. Last year was our 40th Anniversary year and we took time to celebrate our history, reflect on our values given to us by Dr. Sid Williams - our Lasting Purpose of Giving, Doing, Loving and Serving from our own abundance with no expectation in return, and remember our achievements over those years. Now we are looking forward and have set ourselves up for success.
As chiropractic grows and flourishes, Life West will always be an ongoing contributor to all that makes the profession great. The Clinically Inspired Learning program is fully embedded as students now in their 8th quarter have been 14 | LIFEWEST.EDU/MAGAZINE
through the program and are entering clinic better prepared than ever with adjusting skills and office protocols already honed from quarter one. Over 85% of all senior interns are now out on preceptorships across the U.S.A. and in other countries. They have the gift of real world experience before they graduate and the opportunity of a ready place of employment straight out of graduate school! The Health Center is bedding in the ChiroTouch EHR with new technology available to all interns and doctors as they interact with patients. And now the college has begun equipping all our classrooms with lecture capture audio/visual equipment and large smart screens so our faculty can deliver hybrid synchronous or asynchronous lectures with no more than the touch of a button. Our technique labs will now benefit from new Force Sensing Table Technology, enabling students to precisely measure the force needed for a specific adjustment, and to train to deliver that precise force. (If only we had these when we were at chiropractic college!) And our library is
now the Learning Commons, an open area for student study and research, collaboration in huddle spaces, and access to a wide range of electronic databases and resources. Admissions has never had a better year. We beat all quarterly targets in 2021 and now, with a new Executive Director of Admissions in Dan Cardenas, we are focusing on improving our admissions team and reinvigorating our outreach to alumni and DCs in practice to refer prospective students to us. Check our website go.lifewest.edu for all the details you need to contact us and be part of the growth of this amazing college and our profession. Our research program is moving in leaps and bounds. See the article on page 5 for some of what is being produced in the area of optimal human vitality. Diversity and Inclusion is an area where Life West has dug deep and changed the dynamic at the college, laying the groundwork for our graduates to be effective working in a far more inclusive and diverse
