Kurt Rosenkrans, MD, adjunct associate professor of family medicine, directs the UI’s regional medical education center in Sioux City, Iowa. He also evaluates and treats patients like Claudia Morelos and her partner, Gumaro Cuevas, at the Crittenton Center and helps staff two clinics for Native Americans in Nebraska.
Changing Lives
in Iowa Communities
University of Iowa Health Care’s training and education programs, screening services, research, and clinical outreach all make Iowa a healthier place to live.
This was underscored by a 2008 Commonwealth Fund scorecard which ranked Iowa #1 in the U.S. for child health. In partnership with Iowa’s other hospitals and health care providers, UI Health Care helped make the ranking possible through better access to vaccines, dental care, and regular check-ups.
UI Health Care also partners with 10 non-profit Iowa hospitals in another initiative designed to improve efficiency and access to health care services. The UI Critical Access Hospital Network promotes better communication, pooling of resources, sharing of services and staff, medical credentialing, and quality care.
Residents of southeast Iowa benefit from a network of 13 UI Family Care clinics that provide primary care services, while 265 outreach clinics serve a range of health care needs, from cardiology to cystic fibrosis, in 65 communities.
In 14 centers throughout the Hawkeye State, children with chronic physical or behavioral needs receive the specialized care and attention they need through UI’s Child Health Specialty Clinics.
UI Health Care’s medical training programs help assure that generations of Iowans to come will continue to receive quality health care. Included are more than 200 continuing medical education sessions held annually to meet the ongoing educational needs of Iowa’s practitioners; six regional centers for community-based medical education of medical students, residents, and physician assistant students; and community service programs that benefit Iowa’s private practitioners and community hospitals.
UI Health Care also sponsors and participates in high-profile community and statewide initiatives to impact workforce and economic development, leadership training for community members, and community- and coalition-building on issues of importance to our statewide neighbors. As well, UI is a major advocate in helping lawmakers shape policies that improve the health of Iowans.
Serving Iowa Communities
Gena Benoit, MD (seated), a UI Carver College of Medicine graduate and family physician, is among many Iowa physicians actively engaged in UI Health Care’s residency and medical education efforts. Mentoring with her via the Genesis Quad Cities Family Medicine Residency program are Dan Rupke, MD; Ola Kolawole, MD; Niral Tilala, MD, and Jamie Greiner, MD.
- More than 150 community education programs annually help thousands of Iowans understand how discoveries translate into innovations and treatment, and help generate health awareness, such as cancer, diabetes, stress reduction, aging, and cardiovascular diseases
- 6,750 Iowa physicians, nurses, and allied health care professionals received 1,168 hours of continuing medical education from UI faculty
- Over 27,000 free vision screenings were given to Iowa children under age four
- More than 4,000 elementary through high school students participated in health sciences programs held on campus and around the staters