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Leadership and Innovation
Life Chiropractic College West, which offers the Doctor of Chiropractic Degree, is internationally recognized for our leadership and innovation in chiropractic training. The curriculum at Life West features an integrated emphasis on chiropractic philosophy and technique which draws passionate students from around the world. Life Chiropractic College West provides solid academic and clinical experience through our 12 or 14 quarter program options. The Life West learning community is known for its diversity, integrity and co-operative spirit.
What makes Life West distinct from other Chiropractic schools, is that Life West students are trained in over 12 different chiropractic techniques, providing excellence in hands-on chiropractic education. Located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, Life Chiropractic gives students an unparalleled experience in lifestyle as well as access to a variety of mentorship and career opportunities.
Life West graduates are well prepared for a career in health care, with a strong foundation in the sciences, a deep understanding of the chiropractic philosophy, hands-on practice using cutting-edge technology as well as specialized training in innovative chiropractic techniques.
The Doctor of Chiropractic program of Life Chiropractic College West has, as its mission, the development, implementation and delivery of a curriculum and clinical training experience designed to provide Life West graduates with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies to serve the health care needs of the community as a chiropractor. Further, the doctor of chiropractic program at Life West embraces in its mission the provision of service to all constituencies of the college community and the public, including the contribution of academic and clinical research to the body of knowledge available to, for and about the chiropractic profession.
At Life West, our program prepares the chiropractor to function at a physician level as a specialized health care provider, offering care on a direct-access, initial contact basis. This care focuses on the relationship between the structure of the human body, especially the spine, and the function of the human body as coordinated by the nervous system. Achiropractor places specific attention on the relationship between the skeletal structures of the body and the nervous system and how this relationship may affect the restoration and preservation of health.
Our doctor of chiropractic program seeks to prepare Life West graduates to provide for the health care needs of patients through an appropriate assessment, diagnosis, (management skills and competencies)?. Life West graduates are taught how to provide patient care on an independent basis, to co-manage patient care in cooperation with other members of a patient’s health care team, to consult with other providers as required by a patient’s needs and to refer patients to other providers consistent with the best interests of the patient. Finally, the doctor of chiropractic program at Life Chiropractic College West prepares graduates to become teachers of healthy living strategies, health risk avoidance approaches and wellness promotion concepts.
At Life Chiropractic College West, students learn chiropractic history, philosophy, and principles as a foundation for the practice of chiropractic. Life West trains graduates as doctors of chiropractic to function as primary health care providers, with the ability to evaluate the health status of their patients and to consult and refer patients within and throughout the health care professions in accordance with their professional judgment. Life Chiropractic College West promotes the growth and development of the profession through education and research in chiropractic principles and practice. Life West encourages students to develop a high standard of ethics, so that they may better serve their patients, the public, and the profession. Life Chiropractic College West encourages students to communicate freely with members of other health care professions as well as with members of the chiropractic profession. Life Chiropractic College West seeks to inspire its students to become active in their respective communities and to work for the betterment of the human condition. Life West students are encouraged to be teachers charged with the responsibility of educating the public on health and its achievement through chiropractic care. After graduation, Life Chiropractic College West offers a postgraduate education program enabling Life West graduates and others to maintain and improve their professional skills.
Life Chiropractic College West is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education, an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Life Chiropractic College West shares a fine history with Life University. In March 1981, the efforts of Dr. George Anderson, Dr. George Wentland, and Dr. Sid E. Williams, then president and founder of Life Chiropractic College (now Life University), were instrumental in forming what is today Life Chiropractic College West. Life University maintains a sisterhood with Life Chiropractic College through this day. In fact, Life University offers courses at Life West that students can take to meet pre-requisite requirements at Life West or Life University. Both Life Chiropractic College West and Life University are committed to providing an excellent chiropractic education and promoting chiropractic worldwide.