Conroy Smith, M.H.A.’01, has had an “inspiring and interactive career” with the Primary Health Care (PHC) Inc. Outreach Project in Des Moines. PHC is a nonprofit community health center dedicated to serving people experiencing barriers to receiving health care. Smith […]
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Angela Grundmeyer, PA-C’07, will join DMU’s physician assistant program as a full-time academic coordinator on Jan. 4, 2016. She has been an assistant professor and senior clinical coordinator in the University’s simulation center since 2011. Her clinical experience includes primary
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The University’s master’s degree program in health care administration (M.H.A.) has earned the highest mark of approval: accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), a process that entailed a rigorous examination of the program’s purpose, curriculum, students’ experiences
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Jenell Gilman, PA-C’10, and her husband, Adam, are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Carter James, born Oct. 9, 2015. She is on staff at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute in Minneapolis, MN.
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We’ve come a long way in reducing rates of HIV infection since the peak of the epidemic 30 years ago, but this is no time to let up on those efforts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates
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On October 28, 2015, approximately 300 health care professionals, students, and community members from a wide variety of backgrounds gathered together for one common mission – to save lives and address the issue of cancer prevention. Des Moines University Continuing
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Carla Stebbins, Ph.D., M.S., program director/chair of Des Moines University’s master of health care administration (M.H.A.) program, was accepted in the accreditation fellowship program of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The program is designed for individuals
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Remember the clinical preceptors who took you on as a nervous new health care provider? They helped hone your skills, expand your knowledge and taught you patient care in real health care settings. Now it’s your turn to be that
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Josh L. Tinkle, M.H.A.’10, in June 2015 was awarded fellow status in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of more than 40,000 health care executives who lead hospitals, health care systems and other health care
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Roberta Wattleworth, D.O.’81, M.H.A.’99, M.P.H.’04, FACOFP, is associate dean of medical education at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Lynchburg, VA. She became one of the founding faculty members of the new medical school, which accepted its first class
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