Generations of impact
Cherie Marriott, D.C. (`86), sees it happen every trimester. A student arrives in the clinic nervous and uncertain, perhaps unsure of what to say to a patient or tentative with their hands. “By the end, they stand a little taller,” Dr. Marriott says. “Their communication is more natural. Their technique is more confident. They have begun to see themselves not simply as students learning chiropractic but as Doctors of Chiropractic preparing to serve. They transform before our eyes. I love being a part of that.” After 36 years at Palmer College
of Chiropractic, she still finds that transformation energizing. So does Steven Cuono, D.C. (`00), who has spent two decades teaching at Palmer. For both, the enduring appeal of teaching is being around people who want to learn. “It’s a positive community,” says Dr. Cuono, who teaches on the Florida campus. “You’re working with people who want to push themselves and serve patients.”
12 That spirit is also part of what has kept
Dr. Marriott at Palmer for more than three decades, a period of considerable change. “Technology has changed the look of our classrooms and clinics, health care has evolved, and we’ve expanded our approach to patient care. I’ve been lucky to see the College — and our faculty — grow and evolve.” What remains constant is the relationship
between students and the people teaching them. In the Davenport clinic where she teaches, Dr. Marriott believes some of the most important lessons happen without a lecture. Students watch how she talks with patients, how she puts them at ease, how she touches and evaluates them. She wants them to see the kind of doctor she hopes they will become. “It’s a lot of modeling the behavior you want students to emulate,” she says. Dr. Cuono takes a similar approach.
Teaching chiropractic philosophy and history as well as theory means he has
“Our campus is designed in a way that allows faculty and students to regularly cross paths. My office door is open. Students come in with one question, and it often leads to a deeper conversation. I value the trust they put in me and our entire faculty.”
—Steven Cuono, D.C. (`00), associate professor
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