PENNSYLVANIA STATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION

The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.

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Humanities education at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The Department of Humanities at Pennsylvania State University's (Penn State) College of Medicine, created at the founding of the College in 1967, was the first of its kind at any medical school. This article begins by describing how the department has developed over the years, and then discusses its present configuration, including kinds of faculty appointments, information about how it is fund...

Pennsylvania State Core Competencies for Education on Opioids and Addiction.

Objective The objective of this project was to develop core competencies for education on opioids and addiction to be used in all Pennsylvania medical schools. Methods The Pennsylvania Physician General created a task force that was responsible for the creation of the core competencies. A literature review was completed, and a survey of graduating medical students was conducted. The task forc...

Pennsylvania State Hospital system's seclusion and restraint reduction program.

OBJECTIVES This study examined the use of seclusion and mechanical restraint from 1990 to 2000 and the rate of staff injuries from patient assaults from 1998 to 2000 in a state hospital system. METHODS Records of patients older than 18 years who were civilly committed to one of the nine state hospitals in Pennsylvania were included in the analyses. Two databases were used in each of the nine ...