Penn Medicine Magazine

In this issue, we grapple with what a contemporary global pandemic means in our lives and work in academic medicine, and with the question of how it changes things. These stories show how COVID-19 has driven our focus on what matters most. That includes public health, surviving the pandemic; creativity, whether in finding unexpected sources of PPE or in using artistic expression to cope with hardship; and justice, driving out longstanding inequities. It includes caring for each other and the compassion that shines on the faces of those around us, even through masks and shields that protect us.

You’ll find bridges, both metaphorical and literal throughout this issue.

The Innovation Issue: Innovation in health care is not just a matter of new technology. It's a process of testing new solutions and learning which solutions will succeed. From the advent of lab and data technologies that will transform care today and tomorrow, to the creative processes behind inventing medical devices and changing care models to help patients wherever they are, the story of innovation at Penn Medicine is still unfolding.

We start in the fall of 2015. Follow along with seven students through the story of four years in medical school.

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