Students: Gabrielle Sisselberger and Sydney Wessner

Background:

P.E.E.P. was founded by Dyana Marshall and Mysha Harrell of the Westphal College. It was then adopted and brought into the College of Nursing and Health Professions by Drexel University Student Nurses' Association Co Presidents Gabby Sisselberger and Sydney Wessner.

The Period Equity and Equality Project or P.E.E.P, alongside of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, supports the idea that students should not have to choose between their education and their ability to access essential menstrual products. By providing free menstrual supplies, P.E.E.P. aims to eliminate the financial barriers that can impede students’ wellbeing, allowing them the freedom to prioritize their academic success without the added stress of period poverty.

Student: Tyler Reinoso

Introduction:

• Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) incidence is approximately 23 cases per 100,000 individuals annually, often leading to functional impairment
• Various modalities exist for repairing transected nerves not amenable to primary repair; including allograft, vein graft, conduit, and allograft
• Nerve allografts avoid donor site damage, and have flexibility in managing longer nerve gaps
• Lack of literature on how practice management patterns have changed in response to increased availability of synthetic conduits and allografts
• The study hypothesis is that there is increasing utilization of allografts for peripheral nerve repairs

Students: Ameer Ghaderi and Andrew Fiorica

Background:

• Access to assistive devices is challenging due to high costs and limited insurance coverage, especially for pediatric patients who require frequent adjustments and resizing.
• Prosthetics are costly, ranging from $5,000 for a cosmetic arm to around $100,000 for the latest electric model.
• e-NABLE was founded by 3D printing enthusiasts who share open prosthetic designs for anyone interested.
• Those in need of a prosthetic can submit requests to a national database, free of charge, to connect with someone who will make their prosthetic.
• Printing and constructing the initial prosthetic takes approximately 60 hours, with minor adjustments varying per individual.

Students: Ameera Syed and Zachary Li

Background:

• Knee arthroscopy continues to grow as the largest application of arthroscopy and the most common treatment modality for sports-injuries in pediatric and adolescent populations.
• Concurrently, opioid prescribing practices have increased in recent decades with 4 million opioid prescriptions dispensed to US pediatric patients in 2019, 46% being high risk.
• With the aim of limiting opioid reliance and improving pain levels postoperatively, providers are supplementing general anesthesia with peripheral nerve blocks to provide patients with a safer multimodal pain management option.

Students: Andrea Vines and Theophilus Ahene Akwa

Abstract:

The AllofUs is a nationwide program that aims to collect data from 1 million Americans to better understand the past, present and future of Americans as a whole. With this program, researchers are able to extract data in order to better understand a disease or how a particular group of people are affected by the various social determinants of health. For this project, there are two current aims - to look at how insurance type and Medicaid expansion affects type II diabetes rates on a state level. The other aim is to compare rates of disorders due to type II diabetes in African American populations compared to other ethnic groups in the country. Research shows that there are more African Ameircans with type II diabetes in this country compared to other groups. It is also true that African American have higher rates of complications due to type II diabetes. Also, insurance can access the healthcare access that someone has in his or her community. We hope to use a statistical analysis to see if the AllofUs data shows a statistical significance between disorders due to type II diabetes in African American communities compared to other ethnic groups. We also want to see if there is statistical significance in states that accepted or denied Medicare expansion and the rates of type II diabetes in different states. There are many limitations of this project. So far, we have only accessed level I data from AllofUs, the data that is readily available, however it lacks the specificity that we need. Once there is IRB approval and we have access to level II and III data from AllofUs, our perspective and object aims may change. TYpe II Diabetes and its complications is a very intricate issue, with many factors and types of disease progression. We want to ensure that we meet our project goals and that they remain clear, to avoid confounding variables or confusion with our project.

Students: Caroline Kokolus and Katherine Watkins

Abstract:

• The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is one that has given more than half a million individuals the opportunity to begin a journey for themselves.
• The nursing profession is predominantly white, with only 19% of registered nurses representing a minority (Richardson & Welch, 2022). Allowing DACA recipients to practice in all states will help to diversify the nursing population.
• Currently, there are only 6 states that allow DACA recipients to receive licensure and practice, given they meet all the requirements. Additionally, there are 2 states that completely prohibit recipients from practicing. Then the majority have either more requirements to practice or leave it up to the entities to determine eligibility to practice.
• With a projected need for 275,000 additional nurses in the next 10 years, it is crucial that we allow the hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients to be licensed and able to practice without the complicated legal barriers because of their status as Dreamers (Haddad et al., 2023).

Student: Emily Huang

Abstract:

• Substance use disorder (SUD) is an evolving public health crisis that has revealed the lack of systemic support and productivity in converting existing research into practice.
• The goal of this poster is to bring awareness to the complexity of substance use disorder (SUD), and the need for better accountability in a care system that supports a sustained recovery. I would also like to bring light to specific organizations like American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and their efforts in making national initiatives to implement a change.

Student: Katherine Watkins

Abstract:

• Sexual assault care is an essential aspect of holistic patient wellbeing, providing not only immediate medical intervention but also long-term physical, emotional, and legal support. Forensic exams offer survivors an alternative route to justice, helping to restore a sense of control and validation while addressing their broader healthcare needs.
• Forensic exams are integral to gathering evidence that supports legal proceedings, offering survivors an opportunity to seek justice while also attending to their holistic health needs.
• This poster highlights the need to integrate sexual assault care literacy regarding nursing students, empowering student nurses to advocate for comprehensive, patient-centered care. Nurses, as first points of contact, are in a unique position to support survivors’ health and their pursuit of justice, ensuring that patients’ wellbeing is addressed on multiple levels.
• Moreover, this work calls for policy reform to mandate insurance coverage for forensic exams, ensuring that all survivors, regardless of financial status, have access to these services.

Student: Keleb Mehari

Introduction:

• Femoral component rotation is a crucial step in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to gain a balanced flexion gap and proper patellar tracking.
• There remains controversy on what the most optimal technique to achieve proper femoral component rotation.
• Kinematically aligned (KA) TKA has been adapted to restore the natural joint line.
• Patient measurements vary due to interindividual differences in knee anatomy.
• Robotic-Assisted TKA (RATKA) has been adapted with the potential to improve surgical precision during TKA.
• Aim: Determine the range of femoral component rotation using KA RATKA that allows us to achieve proper patellar tracking and construct stability.

Student: Stephanie-Louise Agyemang

Background:

Historically, genetics education at the undergraduate level has centered predominantly on genes and patterns of inheritance (Schmid et al., 2022). While there are many examples of single gene genetics, most complex traits are best explained by multifactorial genetics, where many factors including a combination of genes, the environment, and gene-environment interactions play important roles. From an education standpoint, it has been shown that courses that focus more on single gene genetics rather than multifactorial may lead to students having deterministic thinking.

Students: Christine Deng, Celter Odango, Winni Gao

Introduction:

Asian Americans are 40 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than non-Hispanic whites despite having a lower BMI, a factor usually correlated strongly with diabetes risk among other race/ethnicity groups.1-2 This finding can be partly explained by a unique difference in body composition and fat distribution that puts Asian individuals more at risk at low BMI levels.2 Additionally, studies have identified genetic risk factors that predispose Asians to pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes, including mutations in the ALD2 and KCNQ1 genes.3-4 Although risk factors have already been identified, additional research about modifying variables such as environmental and lifestyle factors is necessary to investigate the mechanism of disease risk, onset, and progression among Asian Americans. This study aims to quantitatively evaluate the differences in socioeconomic factors and health behaviors that contribute to the risk of developing diabetes among the Asian-American population.

Student: Julianna Kinsolving

Abstract:

According to the 2020 Census, 27 million people living in the United States identify as being limited in English proficiency (LEP)1.While the 1964 Civil Rights Act legally requires federally funded hospitals and clinics to provide language services2 , we sought to determine whether virtual interpretation is efficacious in terms of patient satisfaction. A sample of 54 patients who identified as LEP within a free healthcare clinic completed a survey assessing factors such as satisfaction with virtual language services, interpretation preferences, and experiences with the healthcare system in the past. Amongst the survey results, 88% reported not being accurately understood by providers in a healthcare setting, 65% reported feeling discriminated against because of their preferred language, and almost 90% felt frustrated with interpretation services (or lack thereof). 90.7% preferred inperson interpretation compared to 9.3% preferring virtual interpretation, and 92.6% desired better virtual services than those provided. There is a clear lack of satisfaction, clarity, and efficacy with offered virtual interpretation services, which demonstrates the need for more in-person interpretation in healthcare settings. Furthermore, it would be beneficial for residency programs to incorporate language training to create bilingual physicians, who are associated with improved patient satisfaction and outcomes.

Student: Simran Shamith

Background:

Survey creation, validation, and item optimization is challenging. AI can help! This study used ChatGPT to validate and improve a biasrelated medical learning environment survey.

The survey was adapted from the Johns Hopkins Learning Environment Scale (JHLES) and was edited by a panel of experts. Then researchers queried ChatGPT versions 3.5 and 4.0 with a series of prompts.

AI swiftly identified survey weaknesses and made suggestions for improvement. Compared with the student focus group results, it is a cost-effective and quick addition to a survey developer’s toolbox.

Students: Emery Dutta and Erika Fernau

Background:

Intervention is critical in order to mitigate the increase of chronic illness in communities. Consistent, healthy dietary patterns reduce the risk of major diet-related chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers1. Our organization utilizes an alternative method to provide food and nutrition education that aims to combat chronic disease via microgreens.

Student: Jaclyn Lo

Background:

• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) occurs in 5-20% of women globally.
• PCOS is associated with insulin resistance (IR).
• Puberty induces IR that peaks mid-puberty then wanes.
• Combined effects of pubertal and PCOS IR have not been well studied.