Wordless Wednesday: kids in costumes
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DMU podiatric students become champions for their profession
Last spring students at DMU started an organization called Podiatric Medicine Advocacy (PMA) to promote the profession. As co-founders Kelsey Millonig and Megan Pitts report, this organization represents one of the first steps to achieving parity, advancing podiatric medicine and
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Anatomy word of the month: coccyx
Our “tailbone” was called the “cuckoo” by the Greeks who thought it resembled the beak of the bird of the same name. This structure is a fusion of three or four vertebral bones, greatly reduced in size, that is attached to
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Take steps now to prevent disease later
You’ve probably heard the term “preventive medicine” a lot since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010. The law requires insurance companies to cover several preventive care services at no cost to you. But what exactly is preventive medicine? Preventive
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Preventing the spread of Ebola: A how-to for health care workers
As an emergency physician with a national security and public health background (among other things), I probably have a slightly different perspective on the Ebola issue than most folks. From my perspective, there are several lessons to be learned here.
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Avoid office injury by following ergonomic principles
Humans have long spent the majority of their waking hours at work. But instead of manufacturing, farming and building, most of us now spend our days typing, scrolling and clicking. While the office is certainly the safer work environment, long
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What’s it like to…be a California transplant?
I’m Andrew, a second year DO student at DMU. I’m on the HPSP scholarship and will be a Navy doctor when I graduate. I grew up in Taiwan but went to San Diego for college. Now I’m here in Des
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10 things I wish I knew
The transition to medical school is tough. An overwhelming amount of new, complex information is coming at you every day and you quickly realize you’re not in undergrad anymore. You’re studying non-stop, just trying to make it through the next exam. Before
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DMU partners with Waukee Community School District in innovative education program
Des Moines University has partnered with the Waukee Community School District to provide high school students the opportunity to explore health professions through the Waukee Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS). The first program of its kind in Iowa, Waukee
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