Professional Development Resources

Des Moines University Faculty Development – Resources to improve educational, administrative, research, communication and professional academic skills.
Iowa Center on Health Disparities – Research, publications and training information about Iowa's medically underserved populations.
Iowa: A Practice Worth Living – Iowa Medical Society resource that provides a job bank for physicians and information about living and practicing in Iowa.
National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet) – Job database for medical and healthcare jobs located in shortage areas.

Health Literacy Information

Health Literacy Resources – List of online resources to increase awareness and improve patient health literacy from Des Moines University Faculty Development.
PRISM Readability Toolkit – Guide to improve the readability of print materials used for patient communication.

Medical Apps for iPhone – List of helpful, medical-related iPhone applications for use by patients and doctors.
PDA Software for DOs – List of the ten most relevant PDA software applications for osteopathic family physicians.
XtraCredit – iPhone app that provides physicians with continuing medical education (CME) credit for clinical research done online.