
One purpose of the training was to foster more communication between the academic faculty and the health center faculty. "It is easier to share ideas," says Dr. Castellucci, "when you know the people you work with as people as well as colleagues." Ice-breaking activities and tasks that must be completed by the whole group create a need for communication while allowing people to call on their strengths, and get help for their weaknesses. These activities build personal relationships as well as give individuals an opportunity for personal development.
Alene Coleman directs her team.
As a result of this training, the Clinic Challenge Experience (CCX) for interns entering the health center will now be facilitated in-house. The CCX program helps students make the transition to becoming interns by building relationships with the faculty and with the more experienced interns. "This program is simply full of opportunities for fun and personal growth," says Dr. Pat Kuhta. "There are so many positive things I could say about the program, but to sum it up I will quote Sir Edmund Hillary by saying: 'It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.'"

Beth Roraback trusts the rest of the group to catch her
as she leans into their hands in an exercise called Willow in the Wind.
"This training taught me new techniques for working with students to get more engagement with the learning," says Dr. Mitzi Schwartzbauer. "I am excited about adding these skills to my classroom process."
"Sometimes the best leadership is quietly observing," says Dr. Beth Roraback of her experience with the CCX training. "At times a leader needs to allow those led to find the best solution.Sometimes they find a new and better answer, and teach the leader. We learn from experience how to think and solve. When we are given the answers, we may be deprived of the opportunity to grow outside our box."
Pat Kuhta, Tim Allison, and Rochelle Delaine work on their team coordination.
"It was all about breaking free of my self-imposed limitations," Dr. Rochelle Delain says. "While I have always been a creative and outside-of-the-box thinker, I have never been comfortable to reveal that part of my personality in my actions for fear of being wrong or ridiculed. There was a certain feeling of safety in remaining quiet and letting others take the lead. For me, this weekend was about letting the creative person out and standing up and taking the lead more. I could not have done it without the support and encouragement of Lance and my co-workers whom I can now call my friends."

They did not know that there would be a math test.
With these nine trainers, Sherman College can also offer leadership training, team building and communication exercise to groups outside the college: chiropractic offices, community groups, and businesses. The first such opportunity will be held during Lyceum in May 2010 when alumni and other chiropractors can participate in the team building exercises with their staff.
For information about signing up your office, e-mail Dr. Castellucci at rcastellucci@sherman.edu or call 800-849-8771, ext. 252.





