January 28, 2021
A Margin of Error
College of Nursing assistant professor Karen Alexander, PhD, RN, talks candidly and bravely about her unconscious bias that crept into the care she had once provided as a nurse.
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January 26, 202153 Acts of Kindness to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.With thoughtful gestures, the University community remembers the civil rights leader. -
January 25, 2021How a ‘Shark Tank’-Inspired Contest Led to an Examination of Racism in Health CareDescendants of those victimized in the infamous U.S. Public Health Service Study shared their stories with students and faculty. -
January 20, 2021Communicating Information about COVID-19 Using ‘Entertainment-Education’Researcher and student team up to explore a strategy that uses storytelling to creatively and effectively communicate about health issues. -
January 15, 2021Anesthesiology, Engineering and Textiles Experts Team Up for ‘Gorilla Gown’ CreationThe innovative effort is reimagining ways to protect patients’ body temperature before, during and after surgery. -
January 14, 2021Try These Exercises to Help Manage Daily StressMindfulness creates space between you and life’s stressors. -
January 14, 2021A Call for Action Against Racism in MedicineWorn from carrying the burden of fighting against racial injustice, a group of physicians pen a letter titled “Dear White People” asking colleagues and students in medicine to take up the cause of anti-racism. -
January 13, 2021How Can We Better Measure Outcomes for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury?Developing ways for rehabilitation providers to track and evaluate patients’ gain in function. -
December 21, 2020After Battling COVID-19, Jefferson Nursing Student Vaccinates Frontline WorkersJennifer Paone, her husband and their four children all battled the virus, and that inspired her to volunteer. -
December 17, 2020Jefferson Offers Telehealth Training Free to Unemployed ParticipantsThe “Reimagining Health Care – Telehealth Training Course” will start in January, as a pandemic surge and widespread unemployment are on the minds of many. -
December 16, 2020Students Volunteer to Help With COVID-19 Vaccine DistributionThose studying nursing and pharmacy will serve various roles in the process as frontline workers receive COVID-19 vaccines.