David Filipp
Program Chair
Instructor
David.Filipp@mercyone.org

Office Location
ACE - 040

Mailing Address

Mercy College of Health Sciences
928 6th Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-1239

YEAR STARTED AT MERCY COLLEGE 2007

  • Department: Allied Health, Emergency Medical Sciences

EDUCATION

  • EdD (c), Drake University (2018)
  • Master of Science in Adult Learning and Organizational Performance, Drake University (2013)
  • Bachelor of Science in Health, University of Houston (1993)

Certifications

  • National Registry Paramedic
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (Instructor)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Instructor)
  • Advanced Medical Life Support (Instructor)
  • Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (Instructor)
  • EMS Safety (Instructor)

CLINICAL/FIELD EXPERIENCE

  • Paramedic: 34 years
  • EMS Department Assistant Administrator: 12 years
  • EMS Department Director: 11 years
  • EMS Program Chair: 11 years

Research Interests/Professional Projects

  • Drifting from Best Practice in EMS: Meeting the Challenge
  • Multiple Preceptors for a Paramedic Student During the EMS Capstone Experience

Professional Memberships

  • NAEMT
  • NREMT

ADVICE TO STUDENTS

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle