This episode is a recording of a virtual talk hosted by Penn HealthX with Professor Mauro Guillen. In the talk, Professor Guillen discussed the economic impacts of the pandemic and makes the case for opening the economy as soon as we can do so safely.

Though the presentation included slides, the audio is easy to follow along with. The intended audience for the talk was medical students without a background in economics, and many of the questions asked and discussion that resulted from them are relevant to any healthcare provider, or anyone who wants to learn from one of the most respected economists at Wharton.

Professor Mauro Guillen's Bio

http://www-management.wharton.upenn.edu/guillen/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Guill%C3%A9n

In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Umang Jain, who is a 3rd-year emergency medicine resident at Penn. We start off the episode discussing his interdisciplinary background and interests and what drew him to emergency medicine. We then speak about how COVID-19 has impacted his experience working in the emergency room, and how it has impacted residency training and the types of patients that he has been seeing. We also touch on some unexpected consequences of social distancing on the types of things presenting in the ED, the ways medical students and the community have come together to help healthcare workers, and how Dr. Jain has been coping personally through all of the stress.

We'd been preparing to speak for a while, and I’m really happy we were able to connect and hear about his experience.

Footnotes

Umang’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/umangj/

Umang’s TED Talk

http://media.licdn.com/embeds/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FY7PZS9qTwNY%3Ffeature%3Doembed&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DY7PZS9qTwNY&image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FY7PZS9qTwNY%2Fhqdefault.jpg&key=b7276e97d3f840f38fbdb95eb1242b10&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=youtube

his episode was created for The Perelman School of Medicine’s online Health Systems curriculum for second-year clerkship students. In it, third-year medical student Casey Kim (who was previously featured on the Podcast for her work with POHPS and creating COVIDigests) and finished our interview with Dr. Kirstin Knox and Dr. Anna Morgan.

In part 2 we discuss the COVIDWatch program which uses SMS to check in on and triage patients who are awaiting testing results, or who are COVID-positive and at risk of suffering from more serious symptoms while they are self-isolating at home. We go into some of the challenges of implementing the program, and how patients have been responding.

We hope you enjoy the rest of our conversation with Dr. Knox and Dr. Morgan.

Footnotes

Dr. Kirstin Knox

https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8338155

Dr. Anna Morgan

https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/anna-morgan

COVIDWatch

https://covidwatch.waytohealth.org/

This episode was created for The Perelman School of Medicine’s online Health Systems curriculum for second-year clerkship students. In it, third-year medical student Casey Kim (who was previously featured on the Podcast for her work with POHPS and creating COVIDigests) and I interviewed Dr. Kirstin Knox, Dr. Anna Morgan, Amber Kuestner who is an RN, and Catherine Stieglitz who is a social worker at Penn Med.

In part 1 of this episode, all our guests discuss their roles, how they have changed due to the coronavirus, and then we discuss the STEP 19 program which is an offshoot of the STEP program designed to better assist patients who frequently present to the emergency department for care.

We touch on how the program began, the challenges of coordinating care during the pandemic, and what the future holds.

We hope you enjoy.

Footnotes

Dr. Kirstin Knox

https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8338155

Dr. Anna Morgan

https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/anna-morgan

Amber Kuestner’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-kuestner-034b7640/

Catherine Stieglitz’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-stieglitz-lcsw-2baa9138/

This episode was created for The Perelman School of Medicine’s online Health Systems curriculum for second-year clerkship students. In it, third-year medical student Casey Kim (who was previously featured on the Podcast for her work with POHPS and creating COVIDigests) and I interviewed Caryn Douma and Cynthia Line.

Caryn is Corporate Director of Patient Safety for Penn Medicine, and Cynthia is the Senior Improvement Advisor for Clinical Effectiveness Quality Improvement.

In the episode, we discuss how the health system has responded to the COVID pandemic to ensure both patients and healthcare workers are as safe as they can be.

Caryn and Cynthia share a few examples of how they have adapted to unique safety concerns due to COVID, and what lessons they’ve had to rapidly learn in the last few months.

We hope you enjoy this conversation with Caryn Douma and Cynthia Line.

Footnotes

Caryn Douma’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caryn-douma-0398a021/

Cynthia Line’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialinephd/detail/photo/

This episode was created for The Perelman School of Medicine’s online Health Systems curriculum for second-year clerkship students. In it, third-year medical student Casey Kim (who was previously featured on the Podcast for her work with POHPS and creating COVIDigests) and I interview Dr. Julie Uspal, who is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, and is the Co-Director for Quality and Safety for the HUP EM department.

In the episode, we discuss how the health system and emergency department have had to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what she’s learned over the last few months.

We hope you enjoy this conversation with Dr. Julie Uspal.

Footnotes

Dr. Julie Uspal

https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/julie-uspal

This episode was created for The Perelman School of Medicine’s online Health Systems curriculum for second-year clerkship students. In it, third-year medical student Casey Kim (who was previously featured on the Podcast for her work with POHPS and creating COVIDigests) and I interview Dr. Anna Graseck and Dr. Kirstin Leitner, who are both Ob/Gyn physicians.

They tell us more about the THEA program for blood pressure monitoring in prenatal patients, and the Healing at Home program which performs virtual postpartum follow-up appointments. We discuss how the programs have had to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what they’ve learned in the last few months.

We hope you enjoy this conversation with Dr. Anna Graseck and Dr. Kirstin Leitner.

Footnotes

Dr. Anna Graseck

https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/anna-graseck

Dr. Kirstin Leitner

https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/kirstin-leitner

Healing at Home

https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/penn-physician-blog/2020/february/healing-at-home

Heart Safe Motherhood

https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/penn-physician-blog/2020/february/heart-safe-motherhood

Today’s episode is a continuation of our COVIDCast series. In it, Jonathan Wakim and I interview Charlotte Tisch, who is a first-year medical student at Penn who was able to help secure PPE for hospital systems in the early days of the COVID pandemic by digging it out from the basements of various museums in New York and Philadelphia. We talk about her experience studying Egyptian Archeology, working in museums and aquariums, why she chose to pursue medicine, how she’s gotten involved in the COVID pandemic response, and what’s ahead.

Hosts: Ryan O'Keefe and Jonathan Wakim

Show Notes

Charlotte’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-tisch-592317178/

Article’s Covering Charlotte’s Work

https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31976751/medical-students-pohps-ppe-collection-covid-19/

https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31976751/medical-students-pohps-ppe-collection-covid-19/

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid19-penn-temple-jefferson-medical-students-20200329.html

In this episode, Jonathan Wakim and I spoke with Olivia Best, who is currently a post-bac student at Temple and is leading the wellness initiatives for the POHPS group. It is another short episode and is a continuation of our COVIDCast series highlighting the work of students, residents, and faculty to address the COVID pandemic. We discuss Olivia’s background, how she got involved with POHPS to organize events such as wellness happy hours, meditation sessions, Music on Call, and to share posts on a wellness blog. Check out the POHPS website to learn more.

Hosts: Ryan O'Keefe and Jonathan Wakim

Foot Notes

Olivia’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-best-57a42572/

POHPS Wellness Page

https://www.pohps.org/wellness

Penn Internal Medicine Wellness Blog

https://pennimwell.wordpress.com/blog-2/

Today’s episode is a quick one Jonathan Wakim and I recorded with Alexandra Myers and Elizabeth Volpicelli, who are both 3rd-year medical students at Temple Medical School. They tell us about their involvement with the POHPS organization helping to centralize all of the volunteer opportunities for students to help out during the COVID pandemic.

We’ve included links to the spreadsheets the two have compiled in the show notes, but you call also find them on the POHPS website in the campaigns and initiatives tab at the top of the home page.

Footnotes

Alexandra’s LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-myers-9b180386/

Elizabeth LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-volpicelli-20090299/

Spreadsheet for Student Volunteer Opportunities in Philadelphia

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r20JYf9al09VlNdWYRaiYp7NGYoscplT5AvuJ0a7AgM/edit#gid=70815559