Blog Topic: COVID-19

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  COVID-101: Medical Students Get a Crash Course in Coronavirus

  August 13, 2020

  For 80 rising fourth-year medical students eager to play their part in the pandemic, the path forward was clear — educate themselves, fast. But with the news updating by the minute and their go-to experts and mentors also trying to catch up, where would they even begin?

  COVID-19 Education General Interest In the News
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  Answering the Call: How the COVID Hotline Became Penn Medicines Front Line Against the Outbreak

  August 06, 2020

  In facing COVID-19, clinicians at least have the benefit of knowing the identity of the enemy they face, but the unknowns — a lack of a cure, what the best treatment course is, how much worse things can get — are similar to those Beck-Dougherty encountered in 1976.

  COVID-19 In the News
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  Uncovering the Neurological Connections to COVID-19

  August 04, 2020

  Why does COVID-19 cause some patients to lose their sense of smell and taste? What are the psychiatric and neurological complications now associated with COVID-19 infections—and can these issues be prevented?

  COVID-19 Neurology
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  How Coronavirus Complicates the Grieving Process

  July 30, 2020

  Rituals like funerals, shivas and memorial celebrations can often help ease the pain associated with the death of a loved one and allow those left behind to begin healing. But due to social distancing requirements to stem the spread of the virus, the pandemic has forced many people to change the way they say goodbye, complicating the grieving process, though making it no less important.

  Behavioral Health COVID-19 Human Interest In the News Mental Health
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  Cancer Care in the Time of COVID

  July 28, 2020

  Whether or not people are actually avoiding going to the doctor when they’re sick — or to the hospital if they’re having a true emergency — is still a matter of some debate. But while no study has shown it definitively, there are two trends that are cause for concern.

  COVID-19 Cancer Health Care Quality and Safety In the News
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  Walk This Way: Dealing with Difficult Colleagues When Working Remotely

  July 23, 2020

  While interpersonal challenges and difficult personalities at work have always been part of the professional picture, the changing dynamics of how we work, and our reactions have added additional complexity.

  COVID-19 General Interest In the News
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  Coordination and Collaboration Across a Health System: Chester County Hospital Shows How Waves of COVID-19 Promote Learning

  July 21, 2020

  While Chester County Hospital’s leadership organized its COVID-19 response strategy, Sowti, was in frequent contact with his counterparts at PMC offering whatever support they needed to meet the high volume of COVID-19 patients they were seeing.

  COVID-19 Health Care Quality and Safety Education
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  Problem Solving in the Open Air: What One Urologic Surgeon Learned from Co-Operating a COVID-19 Tent

  July 16, 2020

  COVID-19
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  During COVID-19, Cancer Surgeons Find “Bridges” to Care for Patients

  July 14, 2020

  Telemedicine has played a critical role in care as health systems around the country hit the pause button on many outpatient and inpatient services due to the virus. Penn’s division of Gyn/Onc conducted a large swath of visits via telemedicine for follow-up counseling sessions to discuss imaging, for example, or next steps that didn’t require an exam.

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  COVID-19 Deepened Community Divides — PSOM Students Stepped Up to Help

  July 09, 2020

  To ensure vulnerable individuals have access to the resources they need — now and after COVID-19 abates — students at the Perelman School of Medicine have been using their time away from the classroom and clinic to develop innovative solutions for community issues.

  COVID-19 Community In the News Infectious Disease