Iowa CME Requirements

Learn about the Iowa Board of Medicine and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Another form of mammography for breast-cancer detection

Contrast-enhanced mammography can help find breast cancers regular mammograms may miss. Learn how University of Iowa Health Care has put it into practice.

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Chronic Diseases
Health System Spotlight
Heather Kowalski, MD
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What it's like to specialize in pediatric orthopaedic surgery

Heather Kowalski, MD, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at University of Iowa Health Care, feels privileged to help children through scary, stressful times.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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AMA in the News: July 2024

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for July 2024.

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AMA in the News
AMA in the News
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Innovative health systems use data to advance health equity

Earn CME and find out how smart health systems use safety and quality-improvement reporting processes to address health inequities.

Health Equity
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Teamwork can help save the lives of Iowa patients in cardiac arrest

University of Iowa Health Care’s extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation program can save lives when standard treatment hasn’t worked.

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Scope of Practice
Health System Spotlight
Shane Hopkins, MD

Shane Hopkins, MD

Shane Hopkins, MD, a radiation oncologist practicing in Ames, Iowa, serves as member at-large of the Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS) Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term.

Organized Medical Staff
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MSS Members and News Highlights-July 2024

Introduction from MSS Chair Anand Singh; highlights from A-24 are posted, including resolutions, MSS programs, election results and award recipients.

Medical Students
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Training physicians to serve rural communities, close care gaps

For medical students interested in practicing in small towns, University of Iowa Health Care has a program to build pathways for rural physicians.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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Two-week course preps students for internal medicine residency

The elective at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine aims to build graduating medical students’ confidence in tackling new roles as residents.

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Improve GME
Health System Spotlight