Danielle Zappile's Blog

SCORE Seminar

This past week, many of us attended a SCORE seminar. This is a group of retired entrepreneur who helps mentor those interested in starting a small business. Since Sherman, and many other chiropractic schools do not really offer any business classes, our professor encouraged us to attend. For a nominal fee, we were able to seek advice from a lawyer, banker, marketer, and accountant.

I enjoyed the lawyer's talk as he gave us some good ideas about whether or not to form an LLC or an "S" corporation. Both of these seem to be a good choice but he gave me something to think about and I will have to do some research as to which of these two will be best suited for me. I think that the lawyer's speech alone was worth the cost of the seminar.

As for the banker, I think he lacked in our areas of interest. I don't think he realized the type of seminar at which he was speaking. He spoke to us about building a good relationship with a banker. I agree this is very important but he was not really able to get to the heart of what we as the attendees wanted to hear. We were looking to hear about how to get loans for start up. Yes, this is based on an individual basis, but he wasn't even able to give us any tips on what to do to make the lenders want to even consider us.

All in all this was well worth the money and it gave me some food for thought.

Lost Time??

With most of our classroom education under our belts, we are spending much more time in the clinic. Each night I wonder where the day went! I know that we have to clock in 240 hours in the clinic, so most of our day is spent there, but it seems like the days are passing me by and I haven't accomplished what I've wanted to get done. I would prefer to spend my days, when I am not seeing patients, out and about trying to bring in new patients, but that is very difficult when I have to be at the health center to get hours! I would much rather be busy with patients all day than sitting in the center just clocking hours. I hope that at some point I will have enough patients to fill my entire day that I am never just sitting idle! I guess that I really can't complain now that I have a few patients that are committed to their care and come in to the clinic several days each week. The best feeling is when you give your patient an adjustment and they tell you how much better they are feeling!

Sherman

Classes began once again yesterday. The classes I am taking this quarter include: clinic lab, automated office procedures, communications, and practice management. As our classes seemed to have dwindled, our need for more patients have taken priority. I am finished with my classes each day by 1 o'clock. This however does not mean I can go home and spend the rest of the day out in the beautiful South Carolina weather! I have 264 hours that I need to put in at the Sherman clinic.

For anyone who is interested in coming to the Sherman clinic, you need to know that this is a teaching institution. Therefore, you can not just come and expect an adjustment. As a patient you will receive a thorough spinal exam, physical exam, and x-rays if necessary. It isn't until the third visit where it is possible for you to receive an adjustment. I think is it very important for everyone to have their spines adjusted, so please visit your local chiropractor or visit me at the Sherman Health Center!