Meet the Founder Behind Clinical Case Impact
Clinical Case Impact was founded to help healthcare professionals transform meaningful clinical experiences into educational, scholarly, professional, organizational, and system-level impact.
Clinical Case Impact was founded by Chris Arick, DC, MS, EdD.
Chris Arick founded Clinical Case Impact to address a recurring structural problem in clinical scholarship:
Valuable case material often fails to reach publication — not because of weak clinical insight, but because of inadequate scholarly framing.
With over 15 years of experience in health sciences education, academic program leadership, and accreditation-aligned standards, Dr. Arick brings an institutional perspective to clinical publication strategy.
A Simple Observation Changed Everything
Throughout my career as a clinician, educator, researcher, and academic leader, I repeatedly observed the same pattern.
Healthcare professionals encounter valuable clinical experiences every day. These experiences contain lessons that can improve patient care, strengthen clinical reasoning, support provider education, and influence healthcare practice.
Yet many of those lessons never extend beyond the patient encounter.
The problem was rarely a lack of value.
The challenge was the absence of a structured process for transforming experience into impact.
Professional Background
EdD – Doctor of Education, Higher Education in Health Sciences
A. T. Still University
Dissertation: “Post-Graduate Clinical Residencies in Chiropractic Medicine: A Phenomenological Study of Residency Graduates”
Master of Science - Advanced Clinical Practice
National University of Health Sciences
Doctor of Chiropractic
National University of Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology, Exercise Science
Indiana University
Dr. Arick’s professional experience includes:
Academic leadership roles within health sciences institutions
Program development and curriculum oversight
Faculty support and academic standards alignment
Student retention and structured intervention design
Experience working within accreditation frameworks such as CCE and ABHES, with familiarity with ACGME standards
Doctoral research focused on postgraduate clinical education and professional development.
This background shaped a systematic approach to evaluating academic rigor, measurable outcomes, and structural defensibility — principles that directly translate to manuscript development.
Why Clinical Case Impact Exists
Clinical Case Impact was created to provide a structured pathway for transforming meaningful clinical experiences into publications, educational resources, professional visibility, organizational learning, payer communication assets, and long-term impact.
One meaningful clinical experience may contribute to:
• Publications
• Presentations
• Educational resources
• Clinical pathways
• Professional visibility
• Organizational learning
• System-level impact
Mission & Vision
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DescripTransform Clinical Experience Into Lasting Impact.
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To become the leading knowledge translation and impact development platform for healthcare professionals.
Let's Explore What Your
Clinical Experience Could Become.
Whether you are considering publication, education, professional visibility, payer communication, or broader organizational impact, a discovery conversation can help identify the opportunities hidden within your clinical experience.
Publication is not an act of inspiration.
It is a disciplined process.
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