Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Helen Wu

University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

Biography

Dr. Helen Zhao Wu is a social epidemiologist.  For more than 2 decades, she has been conducting mental health related research with a particular focus on substance abuse. Her research interests include health disparities, geriatrics, epidemiology, and public health. She has extensive experience in teaching and mentoring as course director for multiple MPH courses and for a course in the Master’s Program in Clinical and Translational Research (MCTR), a preceptor for the clinical medical course in The UConn School of Medicine.

Publications

Teens as Teachers: Improving Recruitment and Training of Adolescent Standardized Patients in a Simulated Patient Encounter

Background: Studies in medical education have reliably established the importance of utilizing adolescents as standardized patients. Their realistic portrayals offer authentic learning experiences. Additionally, the curricula can offer the adolescent participants a meaningful educational opportunity. Methods: The “Teens as Teachers” pr... Read More»

Anton Alerte, Stacey Brown, Jessica Hoag, Helen Wu, Teresa Sapieha-Yanchak, Carol Pfeiffer, Karen Harrington and Jane Palley

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 5:350

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000350

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