Clinic Internship Program
Each DC student serves a full year clinical internship. NUHS offers many exciting intership options that give you the experience and confidence you need to prepare for your future as a physician.
NUHS Clinics and Whole Health Centers
At National's clinics, you'll learn first-hand how to practice chiropractic as primary care medicine under clinical supervision. You'll have access to professionals from other specialties, our residents and faculty clinicians, as well as have use of our diagnostic imaging and MRI equipment.
In addition to learning clinical applications of chiropractic medicine and proper documentation procedures, you will learn important personal and business skills you'll need to help build your own practice.
Your clinical experience can be completed at any one of the six clinics affiliated with National:
Illinois
- on-campus NUHS Whole Health Center - Lombard (on-site MD clinician)
- downtown NUHS Whole Health Center - Chicago
- suburban NUHS Whole Health Center - Aurora
- a non-profit clinic in Chicago serving the uninsured and underprivileged
Florida
- NUHS Whole Health Center - SPC (serving St. Petersburg College students, faculty and staff)
- NUHS Whole Health Center - Pinellas Park
NUHS Clinical Clerkship Program
Some students elect to complete part of their internship experience through National's Clinical Clerkship Program. This program offers students the opportunity to gain valuable clinical experience in a private practice setting under the supervision of approved doctors who are experienced, ethical and successful physicians. The supervising doctors participating in this program are considered adjunct faculty of NUHS.
Hospital Rotations and Clerkships
NUHS also offers the chance for select DC students to participate in exciting hospital internship experiences. To apply for one of our hospital rotations, students must have a minimum 2.75 GPA and apply through the Dean of Clinics. Hospital rotations and clerkships may last from one to six months, depending on the program and the supervising physician's schedule. Current hopsital rotations and clerkships for DC students include:
- Illiana Veteran's Administration Health Care System in Danville, Illinois
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, Illinois
- Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland
- Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Florida
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Outreach Events
Each NUHS intern participates in community service work that can include rewarding outreach in local sports, charitable and educational events. You might find yourself:
- Caring for special needs athletes at a local track and field event
- Educating local college students during Public Health Week
- Providing athletic taping for runners at the Disney World Marathon
- Treating injuries at the Susan Komen Walk for the Cure
Depending on your internship location, you may also provide chiropractic care at a Salvation Army facility, or help medically underserved patients from Chicago CommunityHealth free clinic, or from those you meet at soup kitchens in Aurora .
At NUHS, we're not just training superior physicians, we're training community leaders and giving back to the communities we serve.
