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Melinda R Turner, DC, DHPE

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

Assistant Professor I

Los Angeles College of Chiropractic

MelindarTurner@scuhs.edu

Current Position

  • Position: Cohort Advisor

Biography

Melinda R Turner, DC, DHPE is the cohort advisor and instructor in chiropractic education. She joined SCU in 2021 as an instructor for LACC and began cohort advising in 2022.

She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Missouri Western State University in Health and Exercise Science and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland University – KC. After spending time in private practice in Missouri and Illinois, she completed a 3-year teaching residency while also completing a Doctor of Health Professions Education degree.

Degrees

2020

Doctor of Health Professions Education, Higher Education, Logan University, Chesterfield, Missouri, United StatesDissertation: Adoption of motivational interviewing skills by pre-clinical chiropractic students

2008

D.C., Chiropractic, Cleveland University - Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, United States

1992

B.Sc., Health/Exercise Science, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States

Professional Licensures (Healthcare)

DC, Missouri, United States, 2009019497, Active, 2009, February 2023

DC, California, United States, 36674, Active, 2023, February 2024

Certifications (Healthcare)

NBCE, Part 1 Board Exams, DC, 89787, 2007-09-01, 2024-03-31, Yes

NBCE, Part II Board Exam, DC, 89787, 2008-03-01, 2024-03-31, Yes

NBCE, Part III Board Exam, DC, 89787, 2008-03-01, 2024-03-31, Yes

NBCE , Part IV Board Exam, DC, 89787, 2009-05-01, 2024-03-31, Yes

NBCE, Physiotherapy , DC, 89787, 2008-09-01, 2024-03-31, Yes

Work Experience

2021 - Ongoing

Instructor/Cohort Advisor, SCUHS, Whittier, California, United States

2017 - 2020

Faculty , Logan University, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Presentation

Completed/Published

Turner, M. R. Adoption of Motivational Interviewing Skill by Pre-Clinical Chiropractic Students. Logan University Resident Scientific Platform, 2020.
Turner, M. R.; Houston, C.; Kaeser, M. Doctor of Health Professions Education (DPHE) Program and Teaching Residency. . WFC/ACC Education Conference, 2018.

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I chose SCU when looking for a PA program because of their Integrative Medicine approach. I am from Michigan, and not many programs focus on this Integrative, Holistic approach when it comes to patient care in the Midwest, and I felt that was very important for me to learn as a future provider. My transition to semi-virtual learning has been very smooth and quite enjoyable. My favorite part about attending SCU is how tight-knit and diverse the community is. Coming from a large undergrad university and moving so far, it was very important for me to have a PA program that made me feel valued and invested in my success. At SCU, they do a great job of making you feel that.

 

Brianna Hadley

MSPA Class of 2022

Our Value: Integrative Health

One of the great things about SCU is we do have a campus layout, so all your classes aren't in a single room. We have our cadaver lab. We have different specialty rooms for physical assessment classes vs. acupuncture classes. All our acupuncture-specific classes have all the herbs in the room. You can pull out the herbs and look at them, whether in class or in between classes to get that extra studying in.

My favorite part of SCU is the collaboration from our beginning terms. We were working alongside chiropractor students, PA students, and ayurvedic students. It's a unique community where we get to learn about these different fields and sit in classrooms with them and work with them in the clinic. It allows you to get an understanding of all the different fields and how they can work together, and what is unique about your field. I think that is a wonderful aspect that I didn't think was going to be as prominent as it is here; even now, in my upper term classes and I am not in class with chiropractic students, I can still reach out to them about a certain aspect I may not understand or if I am working on a case. I want another perspective I know I have them to reach out to, so that has been a great networking community to have resources for.

Dr. Jamie Kuljis

Graduate, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Our Value: Integrative Health, Inclusivity

"There are a lot of things that I love about the program at SCU. The first one is that the faculty come from a long line of Ayurvedic knowledge deeply rooted in ancient classical text. They studied Ayurveda, but they also lived it. When you learn from people who embody this wisdom, it's much easier to grasp this knowledge. The second thing I love is the camaraderie within the cohort. The combination of the training, supportive faculty, and the support of my peers and classmates has given me the confidence I need to start my own practice."

Portia Harris

Student, Ayurveda Program

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Some of my favorite courses at SCU have to be the chiropractic procedure classes; those are the classes you get to hone in on your chiro skills, your palpation skills and ultimately work on the adjustments that make you a chiropractor. Those are the classes I feel enhance my knowledge the most and are some of the reasons I chose to become a chiropractor here are SCU.

On top of chiropractic procedures classes, my favorite is the cadaver lab experience. The cadaver classes opened up my perception of what the human body is made up of. It allowed me to get an in-person perspective of how the body works and looks on the inside. I am genuinely thankful for those experiences because they opened and broadened my horizons to the human body and anatomy in general.

Jordan Vega

Student, Doctor of Chiropractic

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