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For patient care technicians across the health system, learning opportunities abound at every career stage. A PCT holds certified nursing assistant certification in addition to PCT-specific certifications that allow them to take on additional responsibilities such as medical testing procedures.
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When a patient arrives for surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, one of the first people they may meet is Darnell Mullins. As a patient care technician (PCT) in perianesthesia, he greets each patient in their room, answers any questions they may have about their procedure, and transports them from the pre-operative unit to the operating room. Ultimately, PCTs are some of the first health care professionals who set the expectations for a patient’s visit.
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In March, the agency responsible for the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network announced plans to modernize the system, including ending a monopoly in place since 1984. LDI scholars advise thoughtful consideration of what changes are planned, how they’re implemented, and what the consequences might be.
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Angela DeMichele, the Jill and Alan Miller Endowed Professor in Breast Cancer Excellence, co-leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program in the Abramson Cancer Center, and co-director of the 2-PREVENT Breast Cancer Translational Center of Excellence, is the 2023 recipient of the Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award. Carmen E. Guerra, the Ruth C. and Raymond G.
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Four Penn Nursing professors have been selected for new fellowships from national organizations. José A. Bauermeister has been inducted as a 2023 SMB Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Diane Spatz has been selected as a 2023 Fellow of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Abigail Howe-Heyman has been inducted as a 2023 ACNM Fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives. And Dawn Elizabeth Bent will be inducted as a 2023 Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s report explores how behavioral economics has been used in health, retirement benefits, social safety net benefits, climate change, education, and criminal justice, and it considers five core behavioral principles that affect people’s decision-making in these areas. CHIBE’s scientific director and Penn professor of nursing and health policy Alison Buttenheim served as co-chair of this committee.
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A new study by LDI fellows Polina Krass and Sarah Wood, and pediatric emergency medicine fellow Erin H. Sieke, and colleagues discovered in a national survey that only a small percentage of residents were comfortable with inserting contraceptive implants and implanting IUDs. The findings indicate that comprehensive training on adolescent sexual and reproductive health requires buy-in at the institutional level. Residency training programs and hospital leadership need to carve out time for residents to learn how to provide full-spectrum contraceptive services.
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The Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) and Penn Health-Tech have awarded their second annual IDEA (Innovation in Dental Medicine and Engineering to Advance Oral Health) Prize to Kyle Vining, assistant professor of preventive and restorative sciences at Penn Dental Medicine, who also has a joint appointment at Penn Engineering, and Michael Mitchell, associate professor of bioengineering at Penn Engineering.
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In a JAMA Network Open study, LDI senior fellows Carolyn C. Cannuscio, Raina M. Merchant, David A. Asch, Nandita Mitra, and David Grande, and colleagues tested whether consumers were more willing to share data if certain protections were implemented such as consent, data deletion, regulatory oversight, and transparency. The authors found that among these four protections, consent was seen as the most important to consumers.
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Zhi Ren, Justin Burrell, and Marshall Padilla, all members of the inaugural cohort of fellows in the Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry NIDCR T90/R90 Postdoctoral Training Program, have been recognized for their research activities with fellows receiving awards from the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research, the Society for Biomaterials, and the Osteology Foundation.
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