Elena Lorenzana
Biographic Data
| ID | 9048202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Lorenzana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Lorenzana |
| SIGNATURE | LORENZANA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bearing Witness to Grief
To the Editor: Physicians-in-training are not immune to grief. During my (E.L.) second year of medical school, my uncle was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Upon hearing the news, I immediately began grieving his death, aware of his grave prognosis. My uncle died within 3 months of his diagnosis. I was on my surgical rotation and unable to attend his funeral. One year later, on the first day of my family medicine subinternship, one of…
Self-Directed Curriculum About Grief, Death, and Dying to Increase Student Emotional Intelligence
Many students feel inadequately prepared for managing end-of-life care 1,2 and struggle with answering questions about end of life in their personal and professional lives. 3 Medical students express a desire for education on coping strategies 2,4 and report having felt inadequately supported in recounting formative experiences with death on the wards. 5 There is a moral imperative to provide robust education around grief to physicians in trainin…
Challenges and Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Asylum Seeker Health at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Our findings among asylum seekers in a Matamoros camp highlight the challenges to implementing disease reduction policies in low-resource congregate camps. Policies to address disease outbreaks focusing on the social determinants of health, health care access barriers, and community engagement may be more acceptable to asylum seekers, suggesting the need for effective strategies to provide prevention information that complements such measures
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Challenges and Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Asylum Seeker Health at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Our findings among asylum seekers in a Matamoros camp highlight the challenges to implementing disease reduction policies in low-resource congregate camps. Policies to address disease outbreaks focusing on the social determinants of health, health care access barriers, and community engagement may be more acceptable to asylum seekers, suggesting the need for effective strategies to provide prevention information that complements such measures
Self-Directed Curriculum About Grief, Death, and Dying to Increase Student Emotional Intelligence
Many students feel inadequately prepared for managing end-of-life care 1,2 and struggle with answering questions about end of life in their personal and professional lives. 3 Medical students express a desire for education on coping strategies 2,4 and report having felt inadequately supported in recounting formative experiences with death on the wards. 5 There is a moral imperative to provide robust education around grief to physicians in trainin…
Bearing Witness to Grief
To the Editor: Physicians-in-training are not immune to grief. During my (E.L.) second year of medical school, my uncle was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Upon hearing the news, I immediately began grieving his death, aware of his grave prognosis. My uncle died within 3 months of his diagnosis. I was on my surgical rotation and unable to attend his funeral. One year later, on the first day of my family medicine subinternship, one of…
Medicine (3 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (2 works) · Grief (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aside (1 work) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (1 work) · Curriculum (1 work)