With their first year behind them, second-year podiatric medicine students reflected on their initial year of medical school and mined their experiences for words of wisdom to share with the fresh batch of students on campus. This post was adapted […]
DMU helped organize an event that gave central Iowa kids, many from uninsured and under-insured families, a healthy start to the school year and offered DMU students invaluable opportunities to apply their clinical skills and cultural competency training. The University
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As a medical student, it is important to not only prioritize your education but also your wellbeing. At the Wellness Center, there are many opportunities and activities available to students throughout the day. Fitness classes, weights, a 200-meter indoor track,
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Welcome to medical school, where almost everyone has a Type A personality, graduated in the top of their undergraduate class and is intelligent! The most important thing I learned my first year was this: failure happens. Chances are good that
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! Read More
Food is Medicine is back to work spreading a healthy message. The group will again staff a booth at Des Moines’ Downtown Farmers’ Market this fall, educating the public about the benefits of better nutrition. They also have some new activities
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Each year, graduate and undergraduate students from the local scientific community have the opportunity to apply to participate in an intensive Mentored Student Research Program (MSRP) at Des Moines University (DMU). Selected students are able to choose from more than
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Tanya Hioe, D.O.’17, has served in student clubs since grade school, typically in roles that allowed her to make contributions behind the scenes. That changed when she served as first-year liaison to DMU’s Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) chapter, which sparked her
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Being a Des Moines University student definitely has its perks. Here are a few that you may not be aware of: Free bus pass – You can use your DMU ID badge as a bus pass to ride the DART
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This summer, the Simpson College branch of Tech Trek, an experiential summer camp backed by research and designed to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) exciting and accessible to girls in middle school, asked DMU to host a morning of STEM-focused activities.
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For the first DMU physician assistant alumni selected for Iowa’s state-supported loan repayment program, being able to shed their debt is “the cherry on top” of working in rural Iowa. That’s the view of repayment recipient Russell Dixon, PA-C’11, who
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