Community Engagement

Real communities. Real service. Real impact.

Globally and locally, our IHP students, staff and faculty spread knowledge, resources and their time within communities. From student organizations to global health trips, this focus generates unique opportunities to grow and work together. Understanding the effect of a person's environment on their health and wellbeing is essential for a healthcare workforce. We lead with purpose; striving for the highest standards of professional, academic, and scholarly excellence, ethical conduct, integrity, and personal, social, and planetary health responsibility.

Built into Every Program

Through pro-bono clinical care, educational outreach, and service-learning, students apply their skills while improving lives locally and globally.

10,000

hours of free care annually to the community

Community Impact Day: 4,800 students participated in past 13 years at 360 organizations.
Health Careers Pathway Program: Charlestown High School students learn about potential careers in the health professions during visits exposing them to audiology, speech language pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, and simulation activities, among other introductions.
Literacy Impact: Experts researching, testing, and working with Boston Public students on reading comprehension and writing.
Our Sanders IMPACT Practice Center provides an estimated $1.25M value of free care annually to local community, which gives our students real-world hands-on experience.