Category: Education

A large screen contains 12 mini screens showing physicians participating in Project ECHO. The participants are looking into their own web cams as they participate in the session; some are smiling and giving a thumbs up while others are serious. In the foreground, an out-of-focus screen reads “Pop Quiz: Which of these drugs is an opioid?”

Project ECHO prepares doctors to manage addiction care closer to home

Feb 20, 2019

For patients suffering from opioid use disorder, and for the physicians in small towns across Pennsylvania who are their first level of care, Project ECHO offers hope.

Paul Haidet, MD, MPH, a professor of medicine, humanities and public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, smiles in a head-and-shoulders professional portrait. He is wearing a long-sleeved dress shirt, a tie and glasses. He has brown hair with slight graying at the temples. Dr. Xuemei Huang, a professor of neurology, pharmacology, radiology and kinesiology at the College of Medicine, is pictured in a head-and-shoulders professional portrait wearing a lab coat with the medical center and College of Medicine's logos on the right. She is wearing a blouse and necklace under the coat.

Haidet, Huang honored as University Distinguished Professors

Feb 18, 2019

Two Penn State College of Medicine professors, Drs. Paul Haidet and Xuemei Huang, have been named university distinguished professors by Penn State in recognition of their academic and research achievements.

The Penn State College of Medicine Crescent facade is seen at 500 University Drive in Hershey, PA, framed by grass below and a blue sky with clouds above. In front of the building to the right, two flagpoles can be seen displaying the American and Pennsylvania flags.

Shantz recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching

Feb 11, 2019

Dr. Lisa Shantz, associate professor and vice chair for education, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, is featured in the February Penn State College of Medicine’s “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program.

Nine women and men stand in a row front of easels and drawn curtains, behind chairs positioned at a table.

Exceptional Moments in Teaching honorees take center stage

Jan 31, 2019

During the past 17 months, George Blackall, director of the Office for a Respectful Learning Environment, has collected 758 narratives from College of Medicine students hoping to recognize someone who both challenged and changed them. The program, Blackall says, is helping to make the College of Medicine an even better place for tomorrow’s medical professionals.

The Penn State College of Medicine Crescent facade is seen at 500 University Drive in Hershey, PA, framed by grass below and a blue sky with clouds above. In front of the building to the right, two flagpoles can be seen displaying the American and Pennsylvania flags.

Gonzalo recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching

Jan 3, 2019

Dr. Jed Gonzalo, assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences and associate dean for health systems education, is featured in the January Penn State College of Medicine’s “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program.

Preventing an incorrect diagnosis starts in the classroom

Oct 31, 2018

A new class at Penn State College of Medicine offers students an opportunity to tackle problems in modern health care that can lead to incorrect or even fatal misdiagnoses.

A group of approximately 12 Penn State College of Medicine students sit in a classroom. Two of them hold up the letter “A” on a large piece of paper. Some are smiling. Behind them is a clock and wooden studs on the wall.

The Big Picture: Science of health systems class prepares next generation of doctors

Oct 17, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine's Science of Health Systems class helps teach medical students the ramifications of an emerging model of health system and how it will impact the way they will practice medicine.

The Penn State College of Medicine Crescent facade is seen at 500 University Drive in Hershey, PA, framed by grass below and a blue sky with clouds above. In front of the building to the right, two flagpoles can be seen displaying the American and Pennsylvania flags.

New psychiatry fellowship addresses looming shortage of community psychiatrists

Oct 10, 2018

The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry are partnering to offer a Public and Community Psychiatry Fellowship to address the growing shortage of psychiatrists.

A woman in a floral print dress is seated at a table, talking with a couple other people. In the background are other tables at which people are seated and talking.

Penn State College of Medicine leads transformation of medical education

Oct 5, 2018

Being selected to host the American Medical Association’s (AMA) “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” conference both acknowledged Penn State College of Medicine’s hard-won expertise in health systems science and enabled its leaders to share strategies for revolutionizing medical education.

An overhead photo of a trail surrounded on both sides by a forest. Across the middle is the phrase: "The Story of Cancer in Central Pennsylvania | Reducing the Cancer Burden through Patient Navigation"

Multi-campus collaboration tells story of cancer in central Pennsylvania

Sep 5, 2018

Penn State has launched its first cancer-related Story Map, “The Story of Cancer in Central Pennsylvania.” The interactive geospatial map illustrates the extent of the cancer problem in the region.

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