Benjamin Levi, MD, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Benjamin Levi, MD, PhD
University Professor in Humanities, Department of Humanities
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Research Interests
- Advance Care Planning
- Child Abuse
- Physicians
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Decision Support Techniques
- Decision Making
- Advance Directives
- Child
- Software
- Education
- Primary Health Care
- Ethics
Recent Publications
2024
Levi, BH, Ekpa, N, Lin, A, Smith, CW & Volpe, RL 2024, 'The Experience of Medical Scribing: No Disparities Identified', Advances in Medical Education and Practice, vol. 15, pp. 153-160. https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S439826
2023
Barnett, WC, Panlilio, CC, Mullins, C, Levi, BH & Humphreys, KL 2023, 'Identifying what works for whom: Implementation outcomes following iLookOut, a child abuse identification and referral training program', Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, vol. 7, no. 1, e205. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2023.628
Kunzler, BR, Smith, TJ, Levi, BH, Green, MJ, Badzek, L, Katsaros, MG & Van Scoy, LJ 2023, 'The Value of Advance Care Planning for Spokespersons of Patients With Advanced Illness', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 471-478.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.12.143
Levi, BH, Dimmock, AEF, Van Scoy, LJ, Smith, T, Kunzler, B, Foy, AJ, Badzek, L & Green, MJ 2024, 'What Counts as a Surrogate Decision?', American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091231168976
2022
Van Scoy, LJ, Scott, AM, Green, MJ, Witt, PD, Wasserman, E, Chinchilli, VM & Levi, BH 2022, 'Communication Quality Analysis: A User-friendly Observational Measure of Patient–Clinician Communication', Communication Methods and Measures, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2022.2099819
Van Scoy, LJ, Levi, BH, Bramble, C, Calo, W, Chinchilli, VM, Currin, L, Grant, D, Hollenbeak, C, Katsaros, M, Marlin, S, Scott, AM, Tucci, A, VanDyke, E, Wasserman, E, Witt, P & Green, MJ 2022, 'Comparing two advance care planning conversation activities to motivate advance directive completion in underserved communities across the USA: The Project Talk Trial study protocol for a cluster, randomized controlled trial', Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 829. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06746-3
Van Scoy, LJ, Green, MJ, Smith, T, Vandyke, E, Foy, AJ, Badzek, L & Levi, BH 2022, 'Conceptualization of Surrogate Decision-making among Spokespersons for Chronically Ill Patients', JAMA network open, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. E2245608. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.45608
Van Scoy, LJ, Bliton, CF, Smith, T, Badzek, L, Green, M, Levi, BH & Foy, AJ 2023, 'Intrinsic Traits Such as Personality and Decision-Making Style are Predictive of Stress in Surrogate Decision-Makers', American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 694-703. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091221135594
Piersiak, HA, Levi, BH & Humphreys, KL 2023, 'Statutory Threshold Wording is Associated with Child Maltreatment Reporting', Child Maltreatment, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 517-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221092961
Berthold, O, Clemens, V, Levi, BH, Jarczok, M, Fegert, JM & Jud, A 2022, 'Survey on Reporting of Child Abuse by Pediatricians: Intrapersonal Inconsistencies Influence Reporting Behavior More than Legislation', International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 19, no. 23, 15568. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315568
2021
Humphreys, KL, Piersiak, HA, Panlilio, CC, Lehman, EB, Verdiglione, N, Dore, S & Levi, BH 2021, 'A randomized control trial of a child abuse mandated reporter training: Knowledge and attitudes', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 117, 105033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105033
Levi, BH, Mundy, M, Palm, C, Verdiglione, N, Fiene, R & Mincemoyer, C 2021, 'An interactive online learning program on child abuse and its reporting', Journal of Educators Online, vol. 18, no. 2.
Kunzler, BR, Foy, AJ, Levi, BH, Van Scoy, LJ, Lehman, EB, Smith, TJ & Green, MJ 2022, 'Does Caregiver Participation in Advance Care Planning Using a Decision Support Tool Together With Patients Reduce Caregiver Strain, Burden and Anxiety Over Time? A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial', American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 757-761. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091211040233
Thiede, E, Levi, BH, Lipnick, D, Johnson, R, Seo La, I, Lehman, EB, Smith, T, Wiegand, D, Green, M & Van Scoy, LJ 2021, 'Effect of Advance Care Planning on Surrogate Decision Makers' Preparedness for Decision Making: Results of a Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of palliative medicine, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 982-993. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0238
Van Scoy, LJ, Green, MJ, Creswell, J, Thiede, E, Wiegand, D, La, IS, Lipnick, D, Johnson, R, Dimmock, AE, Foy, A, Lehman, E, Chinchilli, VM & Levi, BH 2021, 'Generating a New Outcome Variable Using Mixed Methods in a Randomized Controlled Trial: The Caregiver Study—An Advance Care Planning Investigation', Journal of Mixed Methods Research, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 567-586. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689820970686
Jhaveri, P, Abdulahad, D, Fogel, B, Chuang, C, Lehman, E, Chawla, L, Foley, K, Phillips, T & Levi, B 2022, 'Impact of Scribe Intervention on Documentation in an Outpatient Pediatric Primary Care Practice', Academic Pediatrics, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 289-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2021.05.004
Panlilio, CC, Famularo, L, Masters, J, Dore, S, Verdiglione, N, Yang, C, Lehman, E, Hamm, RM, Fiene, R, Bard, D, Kapp, KM & Levi, BH 2022, 'Integrating Validity Evidence to Revise a Child Abuse Knowledge Test for Early Childhood Education Providers: A Mixed Methods Approach', American Journal of Evaluation, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 559-583. https://doi.org/10.1177/10982140211002901
Van Scoy, LJ, Witt, PD, Bramble, C, Richardson, C, Putzig, I, Currin, L, Wasserman, E, Tucci, A, Levi, BH & Green, MJ 2022, 'Success of a Community-Based Delivery at Recruiting Individuals from Underserved Communities for an Observational Cohort Study of an Advance Care Planning Intervention', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. e149-e154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.09.021
Simmons, DB, Levi, BH, Green, MJ, La, IS, Lipnick, D, Smith, TJ, Thiede, ER, Wiegand, DL & Van Scoy, L 2022, 'What Surrogates Understand (and Don’t Understand) About Patients’ Wishes After Engaging Advance Care Planning: A Qualitative Analysis', American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 427-432. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091211026674
2020
Van Scoy, LJ, Levi, BH, Witt, P, Bramble, C, Richardson, C, Putzig, I, Levi, AR, Wasserman, E, Chinchilli, V, Tucci, A & Green, MJ 2020, 'Association of Participation in an End-of-Life Conversation Game with Advance Care Planning Behavior and Perspectives among African American Individuals', JAMA network open, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. E204315. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4315
Abdulahad, D, Ekpa, N, Baker, E, Foley, KA, Fogel, B, Phillips, TA & Levi, B 2020, 'Being a Medical Scribe: Good Preparation for Becoming a Doctor', Medical Science Educator, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 569-572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-00937-w
Yang, C, Panlilio, C, Verdiglione, N, Lehman, EB, Hamm, RM, Fiene, R, Dore, S, Bard, DE, Grable, B & Levi, B 2020, 'Generalizing findings from a randomized controlled trial to a real-world study of the iLookOut, an online education program to improve early childhood care and education providers' knowledge and attitudes about reporting child maltreatment', PloS one, vol. 15, no. 1, e0227398. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227398
Van Scoy, LJ, Green, MJ, Witt, PD, Bramble, C, Richardson, C, Putzig, I, Toyobo, O, Wasserman, E, Chinchilli, VM, Tucci, A & Levi, BH 2021, 'Low Skepticism and Positive Attitudes About Advance Care Planning Among African Americans: a National, Mixed Methods Cohort Study', Journal of general internal medicine, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 705-712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06224-z
Lipnick, D, Green, M, Thiede, E, Smith, TJ, Lehman, EB, Johnson, R, La, IS, Wiegand, D, Levi, BH & Van Scoy, LJ 2020, 'Surrogate Decision Maker Stress in Advance Care Planning Conversations: A Mixed-Methods Analysis From a Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 1117-1126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.07.001
Phillips, TA, Foley, KA, Levi, BH, Jhaveri, P, Chuang, CH, Abdulahad, D, Lehman, E & Fogel, BN 2021, 'The Impact of Medical Scribes on Relative Value Units in a Pediatric Primary Care Practice', Academic Pediatrics, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 542-547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.05.009