Frequently Asked Questions
DABCI is an acronym – Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists
A DABCI is a practitioner who has completed at least 300 hours of course work approved by the Counsel of Diagnostics and Internal Disorders. They have also successfully completed all board requirements to receive their DABCI certificate.
“What is a DABCI” on the ACA-CDID Website
Patient Level Article- “What is a Chiropractic Internist?”
At this current time holding a Diplomate, of any kind, does not expand your scope of practice. It does however instill the confidence and proficiency to allow you to utilize your full scope. Many states have a broad scope of practice for a licensed Chiropractor. It is often underutilized either due to lack of knowledge of the law, or hesitation to pursue available services and procedures due to inadequate training. We feel that the DABCI University program is one of the most comprehensive and thorough Diplomates available to date.
Dr. William Kleber is the current administrator for DABCI University Online; he can be reached by email here [email protected]. The teachers in the program have been selected for their extensive knowledge on a specific subject and their active role in clinical practice. We were adamant about choosing teachers who follow the “practice what you preach” model as we feel this give the most accurate representation of scientific literature in clinical practice.
There are other DABCI programs being put on by ProHealth Seminars in other states. These programs still provide CDID approved course hours but are separate from this Online DABCI series, DABCI University. If you have taken classes with other programs and would like to know if your credits transfer, please contact us.
Integrative Biologics Institute LLC is education hosting company. Integrative Biologics Institute LLC may be owned or operated by teacher/s in the DABCI program but is a separate and distinct entity that has been commissioned by the DABCI University administrator to host and help assist in running this course, which may include billing and customer service.
Any student or licensed professional in the healthcare field is welcome to take the program. Although the program was originally produced for the chiropractic profession, there is little content in the DABCI program about the subluxation complex and chiropractic adjustment. Although important, we feel students of the program are already well-versed in this facet of the profession. We concentrate on blood chemistry analysis, functional medicine approaches to complex cases, nutrition and so much more that can benefit nearly any healthcare practitioner!
- DC, MDs, NP, RN, Dieticians, and more are all welcome! NOTE: only DCs would be eligible for the DABCI certificate.
Ideally it would be best to take the program in the order it has been designed, at least for the first 6 sessions. We understand that you may not be interested in each session, or a certain topic might be more appropriate for your current practice. Feel free to jump around as you wish.
Yes, the content will be may available for some time after you have completed watching the session (this timeline is TBD)
The ENTIRE program has so much to offer, from clinical pearls to nationally recognized speakers, so we do encourage you to take the entire program and we would love to see more doctors sit for the DABCI boards! That being said, you can take one or all of the sessions, whatever you would like, at anytime, anywhere in the world that has internet access!
The course numbers you see are for tracking your hours with the board. These are also the numbers you can use to cross reference with the hours you may have taken with other groups. The titles of the courses may be different, so using the course number is key.