Blog Topic: Match Day 2013

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  Is Living Longer, Living Better?

  March 10, 2017

  With the potential for repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the health care safeguards that help care for the aging and those with chronic disease could be in jeopardy. Research has shown there is a correlation between access to care and health–and perhaps by association, lifespan—and the risks are becoming more profound over time, with the increasing number of people who need care for serious illnesses throughout their lives.

  Aging Public Health
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  Match Day 2017: How her grandma’s end inspired this young doctor’s new beginning

  March 10, 2017

  Each year, soon-to-be graduating medical students count down to the third Friday in March, also known as “Match Day,” when they find out where they will continue their medical training. Lauren Kelly, a fifth-year MD/MPH candidate in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, describes how caring for her family members informed her own path.

  Human Interest Education Match Day
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  A Memorial for Peter Nowell, MD

  March 08, 2017

  In the spring of 1938, a teacher at a small progressive grade school in Rose Valley, Pa., wrote of one young pupil: “Might well go far with science.” That child was Peter Nowell, who was honored and celebrated last week at a memorial event held at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania following his death Dec. 26, 2016, at age 88.

  Basic Science Education General Interest Human Interest Research
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  Countdown to Match Day: Jason Han

  March 07, 2017

  Each year, soon-to-be graduating medical students count down to the third Friday in March, also known as “Match Day,” when they find out where they will continue their medical training. Jason Han, a fourth-year student in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who recently wrote about medical errors from both sides of the stethoscope, shares his story here.

  Education Match Day
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  Staying 'Present' in a Smartphone World

  March 06, 2017

  At the beginning of last month, I did the unthinkable and deleted Facebook and Twitter from my trusty iPhone. I found myself increasingly glued to my device, pulling it out every time I was walking to the water cooler or waiting in line to buy lunch. The modern struggle against the smartphone overload is one Penn’s Michael Baime, MD, director of the Penn Program for Mindfulness, is all too familiar with.

  Brain and Behavior General Interest Education
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  Putting the ‘Plastic’ in ‘Synaptic Plasticity’

  March 03, 2017

  We’ve all seen 'em: Children displaying prowess far beyond ours in areas we considered ourselves capable. They make up for a lack of experience with the ability to learn at an extraordinary pace, surpassing their elders quickly. You may be relieved to know there’s a term, and full scientific explanation, for this phenomenon—beyond just your being out of touch.

  Aging Brain and Behavior Neurology Psychology
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  Preventing Delirium in the Hospital: Simple Solutions Can Work Best

  March 01, 2017

  Older adults are at extremely high risk of experiencing delirium and functional decline when hospitalized. And it’s easy to see why: Patients are often confined to a bed with a catheter or IV, are sleep deprived, and suffer emotional distress. Now, a partnership between nurses at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and students at Penn’s School of Nursing (SON) is helping these patients get the attention and support they need.

  Geriatric Medicine Patient Care
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  When to Watch: The Complicated Choice of Prostate Cancer

  February 27, 2017

  Understandably, most patients diagnosed with cancer feel the faster they can get treatment, the better. That’s generally true, and the idea of putting off treatment in favor of “keeping an eye” on the disease is counter-intuitive to everything most people believe about cancer. Watching and waiting may seem scarier—but could it be the right move?

  Cancer Mens Health
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  Crowdsourcing for CPR

  February 24, 2017

  The chance of a bystander stepping in to perform CPR on someone who goes into cardiac arrest out in public hovers around 40 percent. In Philadelphia, the numbers are far worse. Nonprofits like the American Heart Association are working hard to help turn that around with more CPR outreach, training, and better technological approaches. Yes, there’s an app for it.

  Cardiology Heart Month Heart Emergency Medicine Public Health
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  Helen O. Dickens: A Figure Who Was Anything But Hidden

  February 22, 2017

  Helen O. Dickens, was never comfortable being called a trailblazer. For her, it was only ever about achieving her dream. Along the way, however, she left an indelible imprint on her community and played a vital role in transforming women’s health care.

  Diversity Womens Health OBGYN