If you have the pleasure of meeting DMU osteopathic medical student Libby Abbas, you will know immediately she’s exactly what you’d want in a health care provider. Friendly, compassionate and focused on enhancing her health care skills, this California native-turned-Iowa-farm-kid has what it takes to be a fabulous physician.
She also has what it takes to serve rural Iowa, which needs more health care providers. According to a recent article on WHO-TV 13, which featured Libby, about a third of the state faces a shortage in primary care providers.
As WHO-TV reports, DMU is seeking to meet that need with its Rural Medicine Educational Pathway Program, which offers tuition support to clinical students who commit to practicing in rural Iowa communities. It’s available to students in the University’s osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, physical therapy and physician assistant programs. In addition to providing tuition relief, the program offers participating students an innovative educational curriculum that gives information and insights on rural practice.
Applause to DMU and students like Libby for working to meet the health care needs of rural Iowa!
