Interprofessional Education | MGH IHP

Two or more professions learning with, about, and from each other

The goal of interprofessional education is to develop team-based clinicians who practice collaboratively, improve health outcomes and provide safe and equitable, client-centered care.

The commitment to interprofessional education at the IHP is provided through innovative curriculum design and clinical experiences in our IMPACT Practice centers.

3 people walk down a hallway together, noted to be a SLP Student grom MGH IHP, an RN Clinician from MGH, and a med student from Harvard — Team-based care, delivered by clinicians skilled in collaboration and communication, leads to better health outcomes for patients and clients. That’s why the MGH Institute makes interprofessional learning a cornerstone of all its programs. Through co-curricular activities integrated across programs, you will learn about, from, and with students from other professions.

Impact Practice Symbol, displaying an icon of a person with a heart on their chest, and circles containing the words classroom, simulation, clinical, community, and team.

IMPACT Practice Core Competencies

Professionalism

Commitment to ethical principles, humanism, accountability, and altruism.

Patient and client-centered care

Collaboration with the health care team in partnering with patients/clients and their families to meet health-related needs.

Communication

Exchange of information with and listening to patients, families, and members of the healthcare team.

Clinical decision making

Decision making based on open-minded analysis, deliberate thinking, and reflection that leads to appropriate action.

Systems-based practice

Awareness of the larger context of health care and the ability to promote changes that enhance the delivery of care.

Leadership

Courage to influence change for the benefit of patients/clients, the health system, and the professions.

Meet the Team

Midge Hobbs in white sweater

Midge Hobbs, OTD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Education

Midge Hobbs, OTD, OTR/L

ahobbs@mghihp.edu
B34 - 207

Yolanda Mendez Rainey

Yolanda Mendez Rainey

Operations Manager Interprofessional Education and Practice

Yolanda Mendez Rainey

ymendezrainey@mghihp.edu
(617) 724-1549
B34 - 2nd floor

rachel has straight brown hair past her shoulders and wears a cream turtleneck sweater

Rachel Rubin, OTD, OTR/L

Peer Facilitator Lead, IMPACT IMPACT Term Lecturer Interprofessional Education and Practice

Rachel Rubin, OTD, OTR/L

rmrubin@mghihp.edu