Description of Research Expertise

"Working Together Towards a Healthier System and Culture of Medicine"

My scholarship and advocacy work focuses on identifying protective factors that mitigate burnout and poor health during medical training and beyond. I hope to help schools, training programs and healthcare organizations improve how they cultivate a fertile and pro-growth learning environment for trainees. Incorporating growth mindset and other positive youth development tenets into how medical education is delivered will bring about a shift towards a more positive and strength-based educational system.

Selected Publications

Andrew Orr, Farah Hussain, Oana Tomescu, Horace DeLisser, Karen M Grundy, Suzannah Niepold, Adam Rizzo, Sarah Shaw, Dorene Balmer.: Extending Arts-Based Interventions in Graduate Medical Education through the Positive Humanities: the Re-FRAME Workshop. J Gen Intern Med : 2023.

Hussain Farah, Yaden Mary E., Tomescu Oana.: Individually Focused Well-Being Interventions (chapter) Caring for Caregivers to Be: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Well-Being Programs for the Health Care Learner : 2023.

Tamminga M.A. and Tomescu O.: Medical student knowledge and concern regarding mental health disclosure requirements in medical licensing. General Hospital Psychiatry 72 : 31-35,2021.

Yaden M.E., Yaden D.B., Tomescu O.: High Mindfulness is Protective Against Burnout During Internal Medicine Internship (poster) Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Fall Conference (virtual) : 2020.

Bird A., Tomescu O., Oyola S., Houpy J., Anderson I., & Pincavage A.: A Curriculum to Teach Resilience Skills to Medical Students During Clinical Training MedEdPortal: Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources 16 : 10975,2020.

Handley N.R., Tomescu O., Lopez A.M.: Wellbeing During a Time of Crisis and Beyond: Supporting a Culture of Mindfulness in Oncology Practices (editorial) JCO Oncology Practice : 2020.

Bird A.N., Tomescu O., Pincavage A.: A Novel Medical Student-Driven Multicenter Resilience Curriculum (poster) Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting; Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting; San Antonio, TX : 2019.

Ganta N., Heath J.K., Tomescu O.: Prevalence and Contributors to Subspecialty Trainee Burnout and Impact of Innovative Wellness Consultative Service (poster) Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Conference; Philadelphia, PA : 2019.

Jamil A., Ginzberg S., Duckworth E., Tomescu O.: The Impact of Changing to a Pass/Fail Curriculum on Burnout ​at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania​ (poster) Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Conference; Philadelphia, PA : 2019.

Ganta N., White C., Heath J.K., Tomescu O.: Implementation of a Wellness Consultative Service to Identify Drivers of Burnout in Subspecialty Training Programs (poster) Department of Medicine Research Day, Penn Medicine; Philadelphia, PA : 2018.

Academic Contact Information

Edward S. Cooper Practice of General Internal Medicine
3701 Market Street, Suite 640
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-2250
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366