Today,
as
he
prepares
to
welcome, train and mentor his own Palmer College student on rotation, Dr. Hibl takes stock of where he’s been. “The clerkship was absolutely what laid the foundation for me,” he says from his car on the drive home from the clinic. “Now, I can’t help but feel the circle is being completed. Needless to say, I’m very excited.”
THAT’S
A
SENTIMENT
SHARED by Jennifer
COMING FULL CIRCLE For Peter Hibl, D.C., the clerkship he served at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System as a student helped lay the foundation for taking in his own Palmer students to mentor.
Steward, M.B.A., Palmer’s director of clinical and co- curricular programs. Steward oversees all of the College’s preceptorship programs, including the Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA) rotations, which give students a unique opportunity to care for complex patients in a multidisciplinary setting while serving those who have served our country. As part of that role, she’s responsible for helping connect the right students with the right clinics, setting the stage for productive, lasting relationships. “It’s a stringent vetting process,” Steward explains from her office on Brady Street in Davenport. Early on, she sits down with every student who applies for a rotation to understand their motivations and whether the program is a fit. Once Steward has screened the applicant pool, the program’s affiliate doctors review profiles, interview students and, ultimately, make offers. “I think we’ve had really nice pairings,” she says. “And now to be at the point where some of our recent graduates have been hired and are starting to take on students themselves — it’s a really neat cycle.” The rotation program, which began in 2007, has grown considerably since Steward assumed her role in 2018. In those short years, the number of VA hospitals, DoD sites and other multidisciplinary affiliates hosting students has more than doubled from 23 to 50 (most of them VA), while the number of Palmer students participating in rotations each year has climbed from 26 to 44. In fact,
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