Category: Education

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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New College of Medicine graduate students take oath to uphold integrity

Aug 20, 2018

Seventy incoming graduate students pursuing a master’s or PhD degree in the public health or biomedical sciences at Penn State College of Medicine took part in the annual Graduate Student Oath Ceremony on Aug. 17.

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Penn State College of Medicine hosts 23rd annual White Coat Ceremony

Aug 1, 2018

First-year Penn State College of Medicine medical students, including those pursuing their MD and MD/PhD degrees, received their first white medical coats on July 27.

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College of Medicine welcomes Class of 2022

Jul 17, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine welcomed 152 new medical students from both its Hershey and University Park campuses with orientation from July 10 through 13.

Penn State College of Medicine earns full accreditation

Jul 17, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine's MD program has received full accreditation for the next eight years by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

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Inaugural class of Family and Community Medicine Residency Program graduates

Jun 25, 2018

The first six physicians to train in the new Penn State Health Family and Community Residency Program at Mount Nittany Medical Center are headed for the next steps in their medical careers.

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