Kenneth Hisley, Ph.D., a faculty member in DMU anatomy department, is manipulating a human torso to reveal the thoracic cavity of a human subject – slicing it horizontally, observing the lungs and thorax obliquely to show the spatial relationshipsof the […]
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On the topic of technology, Vincent Grasso says embrace the machine – it benefits patients, takes health care to underserved areas and complements osteopathic medicine’s holistic approach. S. Vincent Grasso, D.O.’91, has taken telemedicine to the most remote place on
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Andrew Burchett, D.O.’03, admits with a laugh that when he agreed to become his health system’s medical information officer, he didn’t know what he was getting himself into. He took on the role in 2007, when the Avera health system
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The “trumpeter” in Latin. Our cheek muscles, the buccinator, assist the tongue during chewing movements to hold food between our teeth. Otherwise food would accumulate between our cheek and gums making chewing much less efficient and much more frustrating to
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A PA students shares her experiences as a first-year student and thanks the friends she made for her experiences.
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A second-year podiatric medicine student undergoes heart surgery.
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The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) honors select medical students, residents, physician teachers and others for “demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service” – in a word, humanism.
Put aside, for a moment, the pain of the push to implement electronic health records: New technologies in health care and health care education will ultimately lead to better patient care and outcomes.
At garage sales, in the Mall of America and during the wee hours of an emergency room shift, DMU’s visiting Ugandan students gain new insights on Americans – and they teach their new Iowa friends some things, too.
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