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MT Grads Ace Boards August Graduates ...from page 1 extremely gratifying to see these ideas healing professionals and join together in
jwinterstein@nuhs.edu and we will make Once again, National’s massage therapy come to life on your campus.” common support of holistic or integrative
the generous donation students performed exceptionally well on Dr. Caplan suggested should be done,” health care. That’s exactly what National
the necessary arrangements to include
of money to good causes.” their national board exams, according to a Dr. Winterstein remarked. The components of REAP are as follows: did. By learning along side each other in
various kinds of tax beneficial programs
for your patients, if that is what they wish report from the National Certification your classrooms and your clinics, you are
Board for Therapeutic Massage and Dr. Caplan, a health economist and Research: “Your college has been actively building lifelong alliances, signaling the
to have.
Bodywork (NCBTMB). passionate advocate for health care reform, supporting research across the holistic end of competition and turf warfare and
spoke of the current move in health care paradigm especially in chiropractic, ushering in an era of cooperation and
The real key in this generous donation You are the key. May we count on you? From January 2007 through June 2007, away from vertical thinking (single naturopathy, Chinese medicine, and mutual respect.”
is Dr. Lockwood, whom I publicly NUHS’ school pass rate for first-time testers causality) about disease to horizontal massage. This type of paradigm building
recognize and thank through this on the NCETMB was 95.65%. (This pass thinking (multi-causality), and viewing research should be supported by all Politics: “Holistic practitioners and their
editorial. Dr. Lockwood is a quiet and rate is based on 23 NUHS candidates who the human organism as part of a larger members of the holistic community and all supporters need to join together to
unassuming man who simply wants to took the exam during this period.) The system with important biological, social,
overall pass rate for Illinois was 66.46% of you should be very proud that your politically promote and protect their
help National, too, and he took the time emotional, and spiritual dimensions. university is leading the way.” approach to health and health care. You,
and made the initial contact so that we and the overall U.S. pass rate was 68.87%
for the same time period. your colleagues and friends should join
could follow up with his patient, which “Thinking across various healing modalities Education: “National has been helping your respective national associations and
we were, of course more than pleased and not just narrowly within one will help to educate chiropractors, naturopaths, urge these organizations to unite.
On the NCETM, for the same six-month
to do. integrate complementary and alternative practitioners of Chinese medicine, and Mainstream medicine and its allies are
period, NUHS’ school pass rate for
first-time testers was an unprecedented healing practices into the mainstream of massage therapists in a collaborative and united. The holistic community should be
This brings me to the next point. Grateful 100%! (This pass rate is based on 10 American health care,” he said. mutually respectful academic environment. also. Individually, each finger on your hand
patients are potentially the best source of NUHS students who took the NCETM The resulting cross-disciplinary cooperation is weak, but together they can form a
financial support we can ever expect from January 2007 through June 2007). Holistic practitioners, Dr. Caplan said, can will benefit practitioners and patients alike.” mighty fist.”
to find. In a meeting some time ago, This is compared to the overall Illinois help in this effort following the REAP
some individuals were saying to me, pass rate of 58.08% and the U.S. strategy that he outlined more 20 years ago Alliances: “Since chiropractors are the Following Dr. Caplan’s address, he was
“Why don't you get money from the big national pass rate of 66.22% for the and that National chose to implement. largest group of CAM practitioners, they presented with the honorary doctor of laws
corporations or foundations?” Donor’s Amphitheater Plaque same time period. “I must tell you, it’s very exciting and should reach out to other like-minded degree, LLD.