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Objective
Students will develop a continuously updated resource database regarding COVID-19. The database will cover thirteen topics including: Clinical Science, Organizational Communication, Community and Population Health, Basic Science, Health Systems and Economics, Policy, Legal, Finance, Technology, Mental Health, State College, Media Communications, and Social Media. Students will be tasked with remotely gathering recent pieces of information to assemble one coherent database. This database will be updated three times a week for provider and public use.
Deliverable
A website with the assembled information was updated three times per week from late March to mid-June.
Execution Plan
- Students will be divided into 2 of the 13 researchable topics. One student within each group will lead their group in accomplishing the week’s task.
- Students will gather resources in their assigned groups three times a week to create the deliverable. The website with information will be published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
- Student editors will edit and publish the information on the website, as appropriate.
- A Special Forces” team will be created (approximately 4 students) to respond to specific physician needs regarding evidence curation and literature review
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Chief Editor
Edits student summaries on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday for website publication; uploads and formats information for new website; and works with IT for website design and formatting.
Monica Manglani
Legal
A collection of new federal laws and regulations that directly affect the health system.
Student Lead: Alyson Rich
Students: Rahul Gupta, Adeel Ahmad
Basic Science
A collection of high-impact research articles and views discussing advances in genetics, pathophysiology and virology as it relates to the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
Student Lead: Steven King
Students: John Kang, Rahul Gupta, Yunsung Kim, Kristen Clements, Bridget Rafferty, Adeel Ahmad
Technology
A collection of the latest technologies and digital health innovations developed to tackle COVID-19.
Student Lead: Neha Gupta
Students: Emily Leboffe, Zena Saleh, Bridget Rafferty
Finance
A collection of sources examining the fiscal and market-focused impact of COVID-19.
Student Lead: Alma Jusufagic
Students: Shayann Ramedani
Health systems/ economics
A collection of sources analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on supply chain stability and health care economics.
Student Lead: Shayann Ramedani
Students: Morgan Decker
Finance
A collection of sources examining the fiscal and market-focused impact of COVID-19.
Student Lead: Alma Jusufagic
Students: Shayann Ramedani
Health systems/ economics
A collection of sources analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on supply chain stability and health care economics.
Student Lead: Shayann Ramedani
Students: Morgan Decker
Clinical Science
A collection of new clinical guidelines and articles detailing clinical presentation, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and recovery of patients with COVID-19.
Student Lead: Karen Chen
Students: Alma Jusufagic, Steven King, John Kang, Meghan Robbins, Alyson Rich, Olivia Calisi, Neekita Jikaria, Kristen Clements, Yunsung Kim
Community/population health
A collection of epidemiological and public health studies detailing the ramifications of COVID-19 on a national and global level.
Student Lead: Neekita Jikaria
Students: Neha Gupta, Meghan Robbins, Karen Chen, Olivia Calisi
Policy
Bulletins, updates, and guidelines from local, state, and federal governments regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
Head: Aditya Yadavalli
Students: Emily Leboffe, Bridget Rafferty, Karen Chen
Organizational communication
Bulletins, updates and guidelines from public health, physician, and other health care organizations regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
Student Lead: Emily Leboffe
Students: Aditya Yadavalli, Bridget Rafferty
Media Communications
Local and national news updates on business, school, and other organization operational changes in response to COVID-19.
Student Lead: Aditya Yadavalli
Students: Emily Leboffe
Mental Health
Sources examining and providing resources for the mental health challenges patients and healthcare professionals are facing during the pandemic.
Student Lead: Olga Prokunina
Students: Emily Leboffe, Adeel Ahmad
State College
Providing up-to-date information and resources for State College, PA and the greater Centre County region regarding COVID-19.
Student Lead: Pratiti Roy
Students: Olga Prokunina
Social Media
Reviewing social media (i.e., Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to report relevant podcasts/ seminars/news and other educational sources of interest.
Student Lead: Abena Kwegyir-Aggrey
Students: Adeel Ahmad