Molly Meri Robinson, DC, a November 2007 graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University, has been offered a staff position at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. She was offered the position after serving as the first doctor of chiropractic in the Traditional Medicine internship program at WHO from March 10 to June 6, 2008. Although there are no internships specifically reserved for chiropractors,
Chiropractors are now eligible to submit applications to the general intern pool.
According to Robinson, in 2008 the Traditional Medicine Program took a total of four interns from thousands of applications they received from around the world.
The Traditional Medicine Program requires a minimum of 12 weeks from interns, although in certain situations, interns may be asked to extend their internship for up to 24 weeks.
“We chose not to extend my internship, but instead I was offered a staff position in the department,” Robinson explains. “The position I return to in January will be very different, as I will be a staff member working on specific chiropractic-based projects.
The reception I have had, both within the chiropractic community and the larger health care arena, has been incredibly supportive and gives hope that the true global integration and acceptance of chiropractic health care might be closer than we could have imagined,” Robinson says.
Source: The Chiropractic Journal March 2009
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