DMU’s Top 2024 News Stories: Making Lasting Impacts at DMU and Beyond
Take a look back at the amazing year DMU had full of celebrations and achievements.
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DMU Promotes Allison Larson to Director of Clinical Education
Des Moines University has promoted Allison Larson, P.T., D.P.T., to director of clinical education, advancing her role in guiding the next generation of physical therapists.
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DMU Faculty Member Appointed as Program Director and Department Chair of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Department and P.T. Clinics
DMU faculty member, Julie Ronnebaum, has been named program director and department chair of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program.
DMU Announces Faculty Promotions
Des Moines University announced nine faculty promotions. The promoted individuals represent five of DMU’s 10 degree programs, a medical specialty area and an academic support department for students and faculty. John Bennett, D.P.M., FACFAS, was promoted to professor of podiatric
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DMU physical therapist Kari Smith earns women’s health clinical specialist certification
Kari Smith, P.T., D.P.T., BCB-PMD, a physical therapist, manager of the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic and an associate professor in DMU’s doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) program, has become a board-certified clinical specialist in women’s health physical therapy
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National Academies of Practice Inducts Julie Ronnebaum, PT, DPT, Ph.D.
The National Academies of Practice (NAP) announced the election of Julie Ronnebaum, PT, DPT, Ph.D. as a Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow. Class of 2021 Fellows were welcomed into the National Academies of Practice as part of a virtual award and
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Interprofessional education gets “real” in simulation exercise
The team’s patient, Harriett, was a 67-year-old woman who had been brought by ambulance to the rural hospital’s emergency room after a neighbor discovered she’d fallen in her home and was unable to get up. She had high blood pressure,
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All together now: DMU faculty member is a force for interprofessional health care teams
In her former work as a physical therapist in an intensive care unit, Julie Ronnebaum, P.T., D.P.T., Ph.D., quickly learned how important teamwork is in health care. That’s why she pursued her doctoral degree in interprofessional health care studies and
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Interprofessional practice improves patient care
Does including public health students on interprofessional teams increase attainment of interprofessional practice competencies? That is the title and topic of a paper published this month in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), authored by DMU faculty Pamela
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2012 Des Moines University Research Symposium winners
Thursday, December 7, marked another successful DMU Research Symposium. This year, in a new component, students competed in both the oral and poster presentations for best presentation. Oral presenters were judged on their submitted abstracts, and poster presenters were judged
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