Here are some further developments in the story about the University of Michigan School of Dentistry iTunes podcast. An official at U-M confirmed that it’s a private online store for registered students only, and that there are others partnering with Apple to do the same thing.

This morning I received an email from Lynn Johnson, Associate Professor of Dentistry and Director of Dental Informatics and Information Technology at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, which confirms the nature of this offering as restricted to registered students.

We are part of a small pilot project with Apple Computers. The content you have read about is strictly for use by registered U-M dental and dental hygiene students. We are working towards making certain materials available to registered practitioners in continuing dental education courses.

When I asked Lynn whether there were others within U-M or outside the university who were participating in this with Apple, this was the response:

Yes. But that I cannot tell you until Apple releases that information. We are the only U-M unit doing it and the only professional school in the country.

Those interested in this story may want to check out Gardner Cambpell’s post that came as a follow-up to mine.