Sophia Chen

About

Sophia W. Chen is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where she also serves as the Course Director for the Physician's Core and holds the position of Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean. She is based in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical Science Building in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Chen earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003 and completed her pediatrics training at NJMS in 2007. She also holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Tulane School of Public Health, obtained in 1997, with a focus on Maternal and Child Health, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Johns Hopkins University, earned in 1996. Her professional expertise encompasses pediatrics, with a background that includes extensive education and certification in the field. She is multilingual, speaking Chinese, and is actively involved in clinical education and hospital affiliations at University Hospital in Newark.

Research topics

• Cancer research
• Biology
• Medicine
• Cell biology
• Chemistry

Selected publications

• Teaching Clinical Reasoning to Medical Students: A Case-Based Illness Script Worksheet Approach

  MedEdPORTAL · 2016-08-18 · 63 citations

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  INTRODUCTION: Clinical reasoning is a fundamental part of a physician's daily workflow. Yet it remains a challenging skill to develop formally, especially in preclerkship-level early learners. Traditionally, medical students learn clinical reasoning informally through experiential opportunities during their clerkship years. This occurs in contrast to the more structured, explicit learning of the basic sciences and physical diagnosis during the preclerkship years. To address this need, we present…

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• DATA 2000 Waiver Training for Medical Students: Lessons Learned from a Medical School Experience

  Substance Abuse · 2020 · 35 citations

  BACKGROUND: We successfully implemented a DATA 2000 waiver training as a mandatory requirement for the medical school curriculum. Further studies are needed to determine optimal timing, best format, and frequency of reinforcement of MOUD educational content across the undergraduate and graduate medical education continuum.

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• Integrating the Bleeding Control Basic course into medical school curriculum

  The American Journal of Surgery · 2019-05-16 · 24 citations

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• Teaching Billing and Coding to Medical Students: A Pilot Study

  Medical Education Online · 2013-01-01 · 16 citations

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  Complex billing practices cost the US healthcare system billions of dollars annually. Coding for outpatient office visits [known as Evaluation & Management (E&M) services] is commonly particularly fraught with errors. The best way to insure proper billing and coding by practicing physicians is to teach this as part of the medical school curriculum. Here, in a pilot study, we show that medical students can learn well the basic principles from lectures. This approach is easy to implement into a me…

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• Integrating Basic and Clinical Sciences Using Point-of-Care Renal Ultrasound for Preclerkship Education

  MedEdPORTAL · 2020 · 15 citations

  Introduction: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable asset in bedside clinical care. Undergraduate medical education is increasingly using POCUS as an adjunct tool for teaching anatomy, pathophysiology, and physical exam in an integrated manner. Many medical schools teach content in an organ systems-based format in the preclerkship years. POCUS teaching can be very effectively tailored to specific organ systems. Though pilot curricula for generalized ultrasound education exist, few teach…

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Frequent coauthors

• James S. Goydos

  129 shared

• B. Wall

  73 shared

• Seung‐Shick Shin

  68 shared

• Mirjana Efremova

  Queen Mary University of London

  45 shared

• Zlatko Trajanoski

  Innsbruck Medical University

  45 shared

• Christoph H. Tripp

  Innsbruck Medical University

  44 shared

• Patrizia Stoitzner

  Universität Innsbruck

  44 shared

• Giuseppe Cappellano

  Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”

  42 shared

Education

• B.A., Biology

  John Hopkins University

  1996

• Other, Maternal and Child Health

  Tulane School of Public Health

  1997

• Other, Pediatrics

  Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

  2003

• Other, Pediatrics

  NJMS

  2007

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