Courtney L. Benjamin Wolk

About

Courtney L. Benjamin Wolk, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a psychologist working at the Hall-Mercer Community Behavioral Health Center of Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Wolk is also a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, an Associate Fellow at the Center for Public Health Initiatives, an Associate Director at the Penn Center for Mental Health, and the Executive Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center. Her clinical expertise includes cognitive-behavioral therapy, anxiety, and working with children and adolescents. Her research focuses on implementation science, mental health services, integrated care, and school mental health.

Research topics

• Anesthesia
• Internal medicine
• Medicine
• Intensive care medicine
• Pediatrics
• Emergency medicine

Selected publications

• Testing a theory of strategic implementation leadership, implementation climate, and clinicians’ use of evidence-based practice: a 5-year panel analysis

  Implementation Science · 2020-02-07 · 155 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Implementation theory suggests that first-level leaders, sometimes referred to as middle managers, can increase clinicians' use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in healthcare settings by enacting specific leadership behaviors (i.e., proactive, knowledgeable, supportive, perseverant with regard to implementation) that develop an EBP implementation climate within the organization; however, longitudinal and quasi-experimental studies are needed to test this hypothesis. METHODS: Using da…

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• Identifying Common and Unique Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Suicide Prevention across Primary Care and Specialty Mental Health Settings

  Archives of Suicide Research · 2021-10-15 · 61 citations

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  OBJECTIVE: We identified common and unique barriers and facilitators of evidence-based suicide prevention practices across primary care practices with integrated behavioral health services and specialty mental health settings to identify generalizable strategies for enhancing future implementation efforts. METHOD: = 4 clinics) settings participated. Participation included a semi-structured qualitative interview on barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based suicide prevention practi…

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• Prevalence of Continuous Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in Hospitalized Children With Bronchiolitis Not Requiring Supplemental Oxygen

  JAMA · 2020 · 52 citations

  Importance: US national guidelines discourage the use of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in hospitalized children with bronchiolitis who do not require supplemental oxygen. Objective: Measure continuous pulse oximetry use in children with bronchiolitis. Design, Setting, and Participants: A multicenter cross-sectional study was performed in pediatric wards in 56 US and Canadian hospitals in the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Network from December 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019. Pa…

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• Implementation of a Secure Firearm Storage Program in Pediatric Primary Care

  JAMA Pediatrics · 2024-09-03 · 16 citations

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  Importance: Increased secure firearm storage can reduce youth firearm injury and mortality, a leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the US. Despite the availability of evidence-based secure firearm storage programs and recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, few pediatric clinicians report routinely implementing these programs. Objective: To compare the effectiveness of an electronic health record (EHR) documentation template (nudge) and the nudge plus facilitat…

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• Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Presence and Pediatric Care Quality Measures

  JAMA Network Open · 2024-12-18 · 6 citations

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  Importance: Higher pediatric readiness has been associated with improved quality and outcomes of care for children. Pediatric emergency care coordinators (PECCs) are a component of pediatric readiness, but the specific association between PECCs and quality-of-care measures is undefined. Objective: To examine the association between PECC presence and emergency department (ED) performance as reflected by quality-of-care measures. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study of ED patients…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant F31MH086954

  NIH · $38k · 2011

• NIH Grant F32MH103955

  NIH · $173k · 2017

Frequent coauthors

• Rinad S. Beidas

  Northwestern University

  68 shared

• Michelle G. Craske

  Neurobehavioral Systems

  38 shared

• Peter Roy‐Byrne

  38 shared

• Matthew M. Carper

  37 shared

• Emily M. Becker‐Haimes

  University of Pennsylvania

  37 shared

• V. Robin Weersing

  University of California, San Diego

  37 shared

• Naomi M. Simon

  36 shared

• Andrea L. Gold

  36 shared

Labs

• Mental Health Integration LabPI

Education

• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

  Temple University

  2012

• M.A., Clinical Psychology

  Temple University

  2008

• B.A., Psychology

  Ohio State University

  2004

Awards & honors

• Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
• Associate Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives
• Executive Director, Penn Implementation Science Center

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