An Exciting Opportunity from Dr. Olympia

Members of PASNAP

Happy holidays to you and yours!

My wife (Jodi Brady Olympia - Division of Adolescent Medicine at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital) and I have been chosen to become Editors for an upcoming medical textbook based on school-based health. 

 We are in search of potential author contributors with an interest in school-based health and a passion for writing and scholarship. Chapter topics include general school-based health, normal growth and development of students, initial assessment and management of the ill or injured student, students with chronic medical conditions, students with mental and behavioral disorders, infectious diseases, sports medicine, and adolescent medicine (see attached Table of Contents, available chapters are highlighted in YELLOW) 

Some FAQs ...

• Title: Clinical Considerations in School-based Health
• Subtitle: An Evidence-Based Guide for Physicians, Advanced practice providers and School nurses 
• Editors: Robert P. Olympia, Jodi Brady-Olympia
• Publishers: Springer 
• Audience: Pediatricians, Family and Community Medicine physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners working in an office or school setting, school nurses, medical and nursing students
• Chapter first draft due: June 1st, 2024 (gives you approximately 6 months) 
• Final book manuscript due date: December 1st, 2024
• Incentives for the authors:  each contributor will receive one free hard copy, eBook access, and 40% discount on purchases of all Springer books 

 

We would like to limit authors to a maximum of TWO per chapter, so feel free to collaborate with your colleagues. 

 Please contact me if you have any questions.

 If you are interested in this writing opportunity, please contact me via email (rolympia@hmc.psu.edu) with your current CV and the chapter that you would be interested in writing. 

 Happy holidays!

As always, thanks for all you do, you guys are rockstars!

 Bob and Jodi 

 Robert P. Olympia, MD
Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics
Penn State College of Medicine 

Faculty Advisor, Student Pediatric Society 

Faculty Advisor, Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/
Penn State Children's Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine, H043
500 University Drive, PO Box 850
Hershey, PA 17033-0850