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Richard M. Caplan, M.D.


Professor Emeritus, Department of Dermatology

1-104 Medical Education Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1190
(319) 335-6584
E-mail: richard-caplan@uiowa.edu

Graduate Education:

  • State University of Iowa

Teaching Activities:

  • CME Reading Retreats in Literature and Medicine 
  • Creative Writing Contest for Medical Students 

Recent Publications:

  • Caplan R, "Osler's Legacies to Dermatologists," Int. J. Derm., 37:72-75, 1998.
  • Caplan R, Albanese M, and Kreiter C, "Pre-Clinical Science Course Preludes Taken by Pre-Medical Students: Do They Provide a Competitive Advantage?" Acad. Med. 71:920-922, August 1996.
  • Caplan R,  "The Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education (SMCDCME): Its Origin in 1976 and First Dozen Years,"  J. Cont. Educ. in the Health Professions, 16:14-24, Spring 1996. 
  • Caplan R, "Leprosy in Iowa: 1860-1990," Iowa Medicine, 84:173-174 and 305-308, April and July 1994.