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Working in Extreme Heat: Deaths Underestimated and Protections Fall Short
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, two occupational health experts outline three necessary steps to close gaps in the management of workers impacted by extreme heat conditions in order to reduce heat-related illness and death.
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School of Nursing Uses ‘Escape Room’ in Novel Teaching Approach for High-Pressure Environment
Students put the knowledge and skills they acquired during their first semester in the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program to the test and successfully completed the “Escape Room” simulation created for them by Megan McAuliffe, assistant professor of nursing.
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Routine Lung Screening Spots Aggressive Cancer Early, Allows Successful Treatment
The detection of an aggressive form of lung cancer in a patient treated by experts at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrates the importance of routine screenings and a strong relationship between patients and their primary care physicians.
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Pre-Orientation Programs Give Hoyas a Taste of Their Futures at Georgetown
Before the start of classes, a small contingent from the class of 2027 spent their first few days on campus immersed in the School of Health’s CURA program, designed for Hoyas interested in in pursuing a career in health care.
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School of Medicine Class of 2027 Encouraged To Be Advocates For Their Patients During White Coat Ceremony
The School of Medicine Class of 2027, family and friends gathered in Gaston Hall to don their white coats for the first time, commencing the start of their medical education.
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From Cells to the Clinic: School of Health Undergraduates in Argentina Study Respiratory Diseases
School of Health students immersed themselves in the Argentinian health care system as part of a six-week translational health science internship program to study the clinical effects and molecular mechanisms of viruses that cause respiratory infections in infants and children
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Gateway Exploration Program Scholars Share Health Disparities Research
With their health disparities research capstone presentations, participants in the 2023 Gateway Exploration Program (GEP) drew attention to topics that concern them, including substance use disorder, childhood asthma and food insecurity, and proposed solutions to problems they’ve seen firsthand. The presentations marked the culmination of the GEP, a six-week internship for DC high school students who are aspiring physicians from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.
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Drinking Kombucha May Reduce Blood Sugar Levels in People with Type 2 Diabetes
People with Type 2 diabetes who drank the fermented tea drink kombucha for four weeks had lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to when they consumed a similar-tasting placebo beverage, according to results from a clinical trial conducted by researchers at Georgetown University’s School of Health, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and MedStar Health.
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Through Experiential Learning in Tanzania, Nursing Students Gain Experience and New Perspective
In less than two weeks, nursing students provided dental exams and vision screenings, led health education sessions, toured a hospital for patients with tuberculosis and HIV, visited a vaccine clinic, learned about postpartum care and more through the inaugural Tanzania Health Care Experiential Learning Initiative.
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Nursing Programs Implement Innovative Curriculum to Emphasize Health Equity
Recognizing a need to strategically weave health equity content throughout their courses, educators in the School of Nursing’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) and Nurse-Midwifery (NM)/WHNP Programs designed and implemented an innovative health equity curriculum to give students the knowledge and skills they need to provide patient-centered care and promote social justice.
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