Florida Site
National University of Health Sciences is part of the University Partnership Center at St. Petersburg College (SPC). This innovative campus-sharing program allows us to offer our Doctor of Chiropractic degree at the SPC campus in Florida.
The University Partnership Center (UPC) is an alliance of sixteen colleges offering degree programs to more than a million people in the Pinellas County area. The UPC provides partnerships and educational programs, facilitates interactive instruction, and offers learning resource support services. DC students will attend classes on the SPC campus, but as students of National University. The UPC is the first of its kind in Florida and one of only a handful nationwide.
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We have multiple visit opportunities throughout the year! Please click below to see dates:
Our Program
Admission
- Maximum of 20 students admitted for each trimester start
- DC program starts 3 times per year in September, January, and May
Curriculum
- Evidence-based, broad-scope program focusing on primary care
- Same curriculum as the DC program taught at our Lombard, Illinois, campus
- 12-month internship at the NUHS Whole Health Center-Pinellas Park, an Illinois Whole Health Center, or with pre-qualified local physicians or hospitals
- Small class size allows for more faculty attention and student participation
Unique Benefits
Our membership in the UPC lets us partner with multiple universities to create exciting integrative medical experiences for our DC students. You'll work together with future health professionals from a wide variety of medical specialties as you:
- Join EMS/paramedic students in the cadaver lab to learn emergency endotracheal intubations and cricothyroidotomy procedures
- Drill with EMS students in emergency response simulations with standardized patients including patient history, ambulance transfer, and hospital admission
- Provide pre-entry physicals for students in the nursing and medical assistant programs
- Educate physician assistant, nursing, dental hygiene, respiratory therapy, and radiography students on chiropractic medicine, while collaborating in multidisciplinary symposiums
"My NUHS education as a primary care doctor
has helped me communicate with other health care providers and know
how to co-manage all types of conditions. I love the integrative
medicine approach. In the Florida program, you are in regular
communication with nearby nursing and physician assistant students.
We were able to begin great relationships with other health care
professionals." (Read
more...)
-- Dr. Eric Brennan (2014 DC graduate)
Our Faculty
Our SPC faculty boasts the same top-quality instructors you would expect from an NUHS program, including shared faculty experts with the highest academic credentials in science and health care.
Additional Faculty
Our Facilities
You'll benefit from our modern laboratories and classrooms outfitted with the latest technology and equipment including interactive classrooms, Smart Boards, and technique tables. In addition, our students have access to all the resources and amenities of SPC's other campuses.
Virtual and Video Tours
Get a feel for our Florida site anywhere.
Technique Lab
National University offers students the unique
opportunity to work on hydraulic tables in the multi-purpose
technique lab. Students work in the technique lab early in the
program, perfecting skills on state-of-the-art equipment.
Gross Anatomy Laboratory
The campus anatomy lab boasts state-of-the-art downdraft
dissecting tables for nine cadavers. Ceiling-mounted high
definition cameras encourage detailed instruction from faculty and
group viewing of cadavers.
Training and Assessment Center (TAC)
Digitized with remote cameras, speakers and intercoms,
the Training and Assessment Center allows digital capture of live
interactions between students and standardized patients.
NUHS Whole Health Center-Pinellas Park
Located just two blocks from campus, student interns
serve the general patient population alongside DC clinicians in
this integrative community medical clinic.
St. Petersburg College
In addition to the facilities unique to National
University, our students have access to the resources and amenities
of SPC's many campuses. In addition to six libraries, five student
cafés, five bookstores, and several wellness centers equipped with
a variety of fitness equipment, students can participate in 36
student clubs and organizations.
Our Location
SPC is close to three airports and the vibrant city of Tampa. Classes at our Florida site are taught in two main buildings: Caruth Health Education Center (Phase 1, Terms 1-4) and the Annex (Phase 2, Terms 5-8).
Check out our Virtual Tour »
Enjoy the Tampa Bay Area
Video Tour
Explore the Annex building and the Caruth Health Education Center building at our Florida site in two video tours with Dr. Joseph Stiefel, President of National University of Health Sciences.
