Topics: Health Systems Science

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First-year medical students selected to national Choosing Wisely STARS program

Feb 1, 2019

Two first-year Penn State College of Medicine medical students, Lindsay Buzzelli and Anjana Sinha, were selected to represent the College of Medicine in the Choosing Wisely Students and Trainees Advocating for Resource Stewardship (STARS) program.

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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.

Health Systems Science educator spotlight: Kristin Leader Ramirez, PCHA

Jan 21, 2019

The Health Systems Science team at Penn State College of Medicine regularly profiles educators who communicate the value of health systems science to medical students. This profile is of Kristin Leader Ramirez, PCHA, Director, Resident Services and Community Life, Country Meadows of Hershey.

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Students honored for health care policy improvement posters

Jan 16, 2019

First-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine were recently honored for their health systems science posters.

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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation student patient navigators help patient in need

Jan 12, 2019

Three first-year medical students working as patient navigators in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation organized an opportunity to provide for a family going through a financial hardship over the holidays.

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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.

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Article highlights College of Medicine’s health systems science curriculum

Dec 29, 2018

A recent article in the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Journal Gazette focused on American Medical Association-spurred changes in what - and how - future doctors are taught, including Penn State College of Medicine's patient navigator program.

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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.

Six medical students sit at a conference room table and listen to a man talk at the American Medical Association’s “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” conference. Behind him Dr. Joshua Davis of Penn College of Medicine, stands and listens.

Penn State College of Medicine leads transformation of medical education

Oct 4, 2018

More than 120 medical students, residents, physicians and educators from 27 schools across the United States attended the student-led Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium Aug. 3 and 4, 2018, in Hershey.

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