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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.

Child Development Day

More than 350 students in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Genetic Counseling, and Speech-Language Pathology observe children's normal development and talk with caregivers, both virtually and at our on-campus IMPACT Practice Center.

Faculty members and students love little children, especially alumni children. If you have a child under 3 years, consider volunteering for Child Development Day. During a one hour session, current students will play with and observe your child to learn about typically developing children.

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Students and faculty wave to Aly Moriarty and her daughter, Charlotte, as they finish their 45-minute session.

Interprofessional Dedicated Education Units

As a student at the Institute, you will be able to participate in a unique clinical education experience at Massachusetts General Hospital, focusing on collaborative practice and team-based, patient-centered care in the acute care setting. Together with students from Harvard Medical School, you will interact with clinicians from various professions to learn firsthand about the importance of interprofessional practice.

These experiences take place over two mornings on one of three Interprofessional Dedicated Education Units (IPDEUs). You will work one time with a nurse instructor and the other with an instructor from a rehabilitation profession. Each morning concludes with a facilitated debriefing session during which all students on that service reflect on what they observed and discuss the implications for their practice.

The IPDEU experience provides real-world exposure to the essential and often unexpected aspects of working in interprofessional teams, preparing you to apply these principles as you go through your professional curriculum.

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An IHP CSD student (l) and a Harvard Medical School student (r) observe an interaction at MGH between a patient and an Occupational Therapist.

Crimson Care Collaborative

In partnership with Harvard Medical School and several neighborhood clinics, the Crimson Care Collaborative (CCC) pairs IHP students from nursing and physician assistant studies with Harvard Medical School's students and Harvard College volunteers. Students provide care in community-based clinical care sites, serving diverse communities with an emphasis on intra and interprofessional collaborative practice. .

The CCC sites receive patients one evening a week to offer urgent care, as well as establish and/or provide primary care for patients needing these services. Physician, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner preceptors supervise student clinicians and facilitate teaching rounds.

The community-based clinical sites are:
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