Delaware Academy Of Medicine

Delaware Public Health Association
 

Delaware Mini Medical School

Registration is now open (click here)!


Wednesday evenings, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (with the exception of May 1st which will be on a Thursday)
April 16th to May 21st (with makeup session on May 28th if needed)
This series done in partnership with Christiana Care. 

Curriculum

  • Wednesday, April 16th –  Unlocking Your Future: Exciting Careers in Healthcare: Presented by Tabassum Salam, MD, Brian Levine, MD, Tamekia Chisholm, MSN, and Liz Masten, PA
  • Wednesday, April 23rd – Tales of Emergency Medicine: Presented by Julie Shamis, MD & Jenna Fredette, MD
  • Thursday, May 1st –  The Case of the Yellowing Man: Presented by Bridget Peters, DO
  • Wednesday, May 7th –  Breathing through barriers: tackling medical complexities locally and globally: Presented by Emmanuel Mensah, MD & Stephanie Guarino, MD
  • Wednesday, May 14th –  The Case of a Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Not Responding to Typical Treatments: Presented by Devanshu Verma, MD & Amanda Runyon, PharmD
  • Wednesday, May 21st – The Curious Case of a Toothy Ovary: Presented by Mary Iacocca, MD, Thomas Chou, MD, PhD & Shanice Bedassie, PA
  • Wednesday, May 28th Make-up session – ONLY IF NEEDED

 

Drexel LeBow Analytics 50

Tech Impact’s Data Innovation Lab and Delaware Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health Association Release Interactive Report on Delaware’s Healthforce

A greater understanding of Delaware’s nursing health force enables strategic workforce training and policy recommendations to help ease provider shortage

WILMINGTON, DE (July 17, 2023)—The Data Innovation Lab, a division of Tech Impact that accelerates the use of data insights and intelligence to address societal issues, in partnership with the Delaware Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health Association (Academy/DPHA), today announced a new report that informs the state of the nursing workforce population as well as strategic decision making and data-driven policy to help mitigate Delaware’s provider shortage. The report, an honoree of the Drexel LeBow Analytics 50, shows visual datasets that provide a better understanding of the current composition and challenges facing the workforce and highlight areas needing providers. 

“Data integrated from variable sources enabled us to provide upskilling guidance for current nurses to obtain licenses that expand on the services they provide. Specifically, ARPNs play a unique role in the DE healthforce given their prescription and practice authorities independent of a physician,” said Héc Maldonado-Reis, Director, Research Development and Analytics at Tech Impact. “We found that targeting just five percent ​of the current RN population ​to advance their education ​and training could result in ​over 600 new APRNs in the DE health care workforce.” 

Together, the Data Lab and DPHA are now developing a triage system for primary care ​where patients have timely and ​cost-effective access to APRNs who can guide them to specialized care and help ease the provider shortage in Delaware. 

“The Data Lab team has been an invaluable partner in both developing and promoting the reports, which support the Academy/DPHA’s efforts to provide effective health and social care programs within underserved communities,” said Timothy Gibbs, Executive Director of Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association. 

The Data Lab and DPHA project was recently selected for a 2023 Drexel LeBow Analytics 50 award for its healthforce report’s data-driven business impact. The Drexel LeBow Analytics 50 is a national recognition of analytics distinction honoring 50 organizations using analytics to solve business challenges. Honorees are selected by a panel of researchers and practitioners who evaluate nominations based on the complexity of the business challenge, the analytics solution implemented, and the solution’s business impact on the organization.

Tech Impact and the Academy/DPHA began the partnership in April 2022. The work has been ongoing ever since and ranges from understanding the chronic disease distributions in Delaware to now understanding the distribution of Delaware’s healthforce, including the nursing healthforce, which was updated with new data as of March 2023. The work is part of a larger ARPA-funded initiative, Delaware Health Force which seeks to understand and remedy healthcare workforce shortages resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Looking ahead, the Data Lab and the Academy/DPHA will collect additional data as nurses and other providers renew their licenses. They plan to partner with policymakers who have influence over the development of affordable higher education nursing programs. 

To learn more about the healthforce reports, visit: https://nursingdata.dehealthforce.org/

About Tech Impact

Tech Impact is a nonprofit that leverages technology to advance social impact. Our proven workforce training programs and intermediary services prepare our graduates to launch or advance their careers in technology. We strengthen nonprofits through a full spectrum of technological support, giving them the education and services they need to deliver greater impact and help their communities thrive. Learn more at techimpact.org. 

Media Contact:

Caitlin Wolf
Tech Impact
caitlinrwolf@gmail.com

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APHA Looks Back at Trump’s 100 Days in Office

From APHA Executive Director, Georges Benjamin:

In January, we spoke of looking forward to the opportunity to work with the Trump Administration to keep building on the Biden Administration’s health policy successes and address current issues plaguing our nation like chronic health problems. However, in the first 100 days of Trump’s administration, we’ve witnessed the gutting of our public health systems, removal of data and spread of misinformation, making America less secure and healthy. Our nation is clearly being led down the wrong path, assuming we care about preventing injury, illness and disease and providing everyone with the opportunity to lead long and healthy lives. The American Public Health Association is deeply concerned about the direction our country is headed. President Trump is receiving advice from people who don’t put America first and acting on this advice is hurting the nation, not protecting it. A series of executive orders has undermined the work of federal public health agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the selection of individuals to lead the agency without the needed background to improve people’s health has already endangered us all.

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Chronic Disease Self Management Program Workshop

Join the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshops:

  • Indian River Senior Center (214 Irons Ave, Millsboro) – Tuesdays from 10:30am – 1:00pm – May 13, 20, 27 & June 3, 10, 17
  • Selbyville Library (11 W McCabe St, Selbyville) – Wednesdays from 10:30pm – 1:00pm – May 7, 14, 21, 28 & June 4, 11
  • Selbyville Library (11 W McCabe St, Selbyville) – Wednesdays from 1:00pm – 3:30pm – May 7, 14, 21, 28 & June 4, 11

More knowledge about chronic health conditions can:

  • Prevent and/or delay health complications;
  • Deal with frustration, fatigue, pain, and isolation;
  • Learn about appropriate exercise to maintain and improve strength, flexibility, and endurance;
  • Communicate effectively with health professionals and others
  • Understand the value of nutrition in your health

Register online https://www.healthydelaware.org/selfmanagement

(For questions, or help with registration, call 302-990-0522, or email dphsmp@delaware.gov.

 

Just Released: County Health Rankings 2025 Data

Discover the latest on the health of Delaware. The 2025 Annual Data Release is here, and includes:

  • A bold new model of health that seeks to broaden our understanding of the forces shaping community conditions;
  • A 2025 report on building power for health and equity;
  • Refreshed County Health Snapshots and trend graphs and a new national map feature that shows regional patterns and comparisons;
  • Six new measures, including access to parks, adverse climate events, lack of social and emotional support, feelings of loneliness, library access and disability: functional limitations; and,
  • Updates to the collection of more than 80 health-related measures and data.

Check it out!