If you have a baby in Iowa, get ready for a crash course in public health awareness!

In the past few months I’ve completed quite a few surveys for the Iowa Department of Public Health regarding the birth of my son.  I’ve answered numerous questions about my prenatal care, my ability to provide a car seat for my child, available modes of transportation to a health care facility, health insurance coverage, family and financial situation and even my thoughts about the recent Iowa Smoking Ban.  I had no idea I would get a chance to weigh in on so many public health issues!  I’m happy to participate in these surveys to do my part in improving the public health of Des Moines and the state of Iowa.  And as a token of thanks, I even received a CD of rockin’ lullabies.  Now I just need to figure out why the dish ran away with the spoon…?

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As of this afternoon, two of our D.O. students are in Mumbai, India on a medical service rotation. They plan to blog about it and keep us posted on what they are seeing & learning. Check it out!

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Educational Support Services (ESS), on the fourth floor of the AC, is exactly what it sounds like – an office designed to offer any support you may need while you get a DMU education. Whether your stress is academic, emotional or relationship-based, or if you are just feeling a tad overwhelmed, the ESS professionals are happy to help. Call 515.271.1630 today to set up an appointment!

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It’s kind of hard to comprehend the Iowa Simulation Center at DMU but this video shows off some of our great tools. Check it out: DMU’s sim lab

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It’s been about one month since classes started for most of our clinical programs at DMU,  and it’s tempting to just sit around congratulating ourselves for all the hard work done in the past year. We enrolled a great group of students and we’re pretty proud of them!  But always the forward thinkers, all of us in the admissions department  decided it’s time to move on to next year’s applications. It’s a crazy season for us, so here’s a look at what we’re doing: 

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Today, 9-11, is a somber date for our country. Today marks the seventh year since the terrifying tragedies in Washington, D.C., and Manhattan. As we reflect on where we were when we heard, how things have changed since that day and how many lives have been lost or changed, DMU remembers one of our own lost that day.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sandra D. Teague, DMU class of ’98, boarded American Airlines Flight 77 for her dream adventure to Australia. Later that morning, terrorists crashed her plane into the Pentagon, killing everyone aboard.

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