Mission and Goals
Mission Statement
Because: We value students as unique individuals seeking quality health sciences education through our service and support;
We value being progressive, knowledgeable, adaptable, original, and academically sound in our academic programs;
We value the substantive quality of our curricula through emphasis upon academic excellence;
We value progress achieved by the development of new knowledge and its importance to chiropractic medicine and other complementary healing arts and sciences;
We value quality training and practice in the clinical skills of all relevant programs with particular emphasis upon the physician/patient relationship within the first professional programs;
We value complementary and alternative care for its emphasis upon holism and use of the least invasive therapeutic procedures necessary for optimizing human health;
We value collegiality and cooperation among all members of the university community, the related professions, other health care systems, and the community;
Therefore: The mission of National University of Health Sciences is to provide and promote the necessary leadership, management and resources for the advancement of education, new knowledge, outreach, and the ethical practice of the healing arts and sciences as taught within the programs of this university.
General Institutional Purposes
It is the vision and purpose of National University of Health Sciences that the various members of complementary and alternative medicine shall study together, work together and develop a strong sense of collegiality and integrated function. To carry out this vision, it was decided in 1993, as part of the institution's long-range plan that it would begin to move toward expansion of its educational offerings. As part of this plan, the concept of a university was born and became a reality on September 1, 2000.
The university contains three colleges, which administer their own programs:
- College of Professional Studies;
- Lincoln College of Postprofessional, Graduate and Continuing Education;
- College of Allied Health Sciences.
Specific Institutional Purposes
National University of Health Sciences provides academic programs that help students acquire and develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that are necessary to be competent and ethical practitioners of the complementary and alternative medical healing arts.
The university subscribes to the Standards and Criteria of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Council on Chiropractic Education, and other specialized, programmatic accrediting agencies, for the purpose of receiving accreditation by these agencies and to ensure a high quality of education at the university.
The university seeks to employ faculty who support the mission of the university, have diverse academic and professional experiences, are dedicated to teaching and scholarship, are sensitive to the needs of students, and who are committed to professional development.
The university provides well-designed and maintained facilities, adequate fiscal resources, faculty development, and competent instruction, and promotes sound scholarship in an institutional culture of civility and ethical behavior. The university strives to provide a safe and effective educational and working environment that fosters active student learning, collegiality, collaboration, and innovation.
Pertinent clinical experiences and related activities are designed to prepare students to participate as health care providers in the civic, social, cultural, ethical, and political aspects of community life, and to assume leadership positions, when appropriate.
The university promotes the value of inquiry and encourages the advancement of knowledge through active research and the involvement of faculty and students in varying forms of scholarship.
The university seeks to provide service to, and develop meaningful relationships with, the community, the health professions, graduates of the university, and patients of the university clinics.
The university seeks to provide a collegial environment in which students can learn a specific health care discipline, develop a better understanding of other complementary healing arts and sciences, and become better prepared for interaction and practice in an integrated health care environment.
College of Professional Studies
Chiropractic Medicine
The purposes of the Doctor of Chiropractic Degree Program are to
educate students in the basic and clinical sciences and related
health subjects requisite for development of competent primary care
chiropractic physicians, the development of new knowledge and other
scholarship in the field of chiropractic medicine, and the
provision of health care and other services to patients in
university clinics and the community.
Naturopathic Medicine
The purpose of the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Program at National University of Health Sciences is to create
competent physicians who are ethical, effective practitioners of
naturopathic medicine. The program will guide the student in
developing a whole health, non-invasive and individualized
therapeutic approach guided by the naturopathic principles that
meet the needs of the patient; teach students to earn the trust of
patients by always placing the needs of the patient foremost;
enable students to further the knowledge of the naturopathic
profession with education in critical thinking, independent
research and philosophical inquiry; provide students with high
quality curriculum, instruction, assessment, and evaluation in the
biomedical and clinical sciences with an emphasis on the
doctor-patient relationship, naturopathic tenets and principles,
naturopathic case management, and the role of the naturopathic
physician in the greater community; lead students in buiding
productive professional relationships through collegiality,
cooperation and shared educational experiences within the
University; and create leaders who will contribute to the growth
and development of naturopathic medicine through strong
participation in the profession's most vital initiatives.
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
The purpose of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Program at National University of Health Sciences is to educate
students in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) care and
tenets/principles including TCM differential diagnosis, precise
acupuncture point location, needle manipulation, and proper
construction of effective herbal formulas. Students are trained in
evidence-based medicine and the basics of western physical
diagnosis, lab diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, current procedural
terminology codes, and pharmaceutical side effects and
herbal-pharmaceutical interactions so they may seamlessly interface
with western medicine practitioners.
Lincoln College of Postprofessional, Graduate and Continuing Education
The purposes of the Lincoln College of Postprofessional, Graduate and Continuing Education are to provide education to those who wish to enter clinical residency programs; to provide education to those who possess first professional degrees and wish to remain current and/or specialize in various fields of practice through graduate-level academic degree and certificate programs; to provide various programs for the purpose of continuing the lifelong learning that is emphasized by the university; and to offer programs intended to meet the requirements of various state statues that require continuing education for professional license/registration renewal.
College of Allied Health Sciences
The purposes of the College of Allied Health Sciences are to provide education to those who wish to become certified as a massage therapist or chiropractic assistant or other health care professional; to provide education to students who wish to pursue a BS degree in biomedical sciences; and to provide education to persons seeking increased knowledge in the sciences through enrollment in non-degree courses.
Institutional Goals
Institutional Goal I: By 2015, to continue development of a stronger financial position for the university.
Institutional Goal II: By 2015, to develop and graduate physicians and other health care practitioners who, because of the NUHS integrative education model, enthusiastically, confidently and collegially promote integrative practice in their respective healing art and science.
Institutional Goal III: By 2015, to continue expansion of educational program diversity.
Institutional Goal IV: By 2015, to strengthen our position as a recognized dynamic leader in education and research germane to the primary care, "whole health healing" role of natural medicine physician and other health care providers.
Institutional Goal V: By 2015, to develop, expand and promote greater cultural authority for our graduates.
