Blog# 7 Jay D. Kravitz, MD, MPH April 8, 2021 When planning an overseas experience, important criteria and questions should be considered prior to departure. Proper preparation will make one’s educational and personal engagement more valuable and enjoyable and, perhaps, pave the way for others to follow. The data points listed below were integral to the preparatory process I helped
Read moreJay’s BLOG #6 By: Jay D. Kravitz, MD, MPH Posted on March 11, 2021 The old adage, “the more things change, the more things stay the same,” while worthy verbiage in former times, has lost traction in recent times. The rapidity of modern technological innovation has sped transitions to the point that the scientific and medical fields are changing and accelerating faster
Read moreJAY’s BLOG #5 By: Jay D. Kravitz, MD, MPH Posted on February 11, 2021 This Blog continues last month’s conversation. I repeat part of that introduction with an ironic smile because this may be the most important reading of your day. This might be true especially if risk communication is part of your professional realm – or could be – because overstatement
Read moreJAY’S BLOG #4 By: Jay D. Kravitz, BA, MD, MPH posted on January 11, 2021 This blog may be the most important reading of your day. Although I make this statement with a smile, this may not really be such an exaggeration if risk communication is part of your professional realm – or could be in the future. Ironically, overstatement
Read moreBy Jay Kravitz Blog #3 posted on December 10, 2020 For the fun of it I have listed a number of excellent books that I have read over the years for entertainment and professional enlightenment. Many remind me of global travel and professional experiences, as a clinician, public health practitioner and university assistant professor. All seven continents are mentioned to
Read moreBy Dr. Jay Kravitz Blog #2 posted November 12, 2020 What is the discipline of public health? This challenging profession, often overlooked or misunderstood, works diligently, typically in the background, to protect everyone – even as more visible attention is drawn during outbreak investigations and/or pandemics. Public health practitioners possess broad educational backgrounds including medicine, nursing, entomology, veterinary, occupational and
Read moreby Dr. Jay Kravitz Blog #1 posted October 15, 2020 As a retired, public health professional and global health educator for >30 years, I am appalled by COVID-19 conspiracy theories with inexplicable agendas that do direct harm or are expounded by self-righteousness persons with a lack of understanding about scientific knowledge or evidence. These “theories” are based on misinformed, political
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