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A new way to learn. A better way to deliver care.

The Dr. Charles A. and Ann Sanders IMPACT Practice Center at MGH Institute of Health Professions brings together students  from across the health professions to learn and practice in teams and to deliver essential free care to the community. 
 
The new center builds upon and enhances the community services currently provided by the
Institute and houses these services in one integrated center.
 
The 15,000 square foot facility allows the Institute  to significantly increase the  10,000 hours of free care
– valued at more than $1 million – currently provided to Charlestown and Boston area residents.
 
 
Client Jimmy Cahill with student therapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I wouldn't be where I'm at today if I hadn't come here."

Jimmy Cahill, former Boston firefighter

 

 

Doubles

the number of clients who can be served at one time.

Doubles

the number of therapy rooms.

Provides

dedicated pediatric and adult rehabilitation spaces.

 

The Innovative New Center

State-of-the-Art Technology

Caregivers can review client sessions through wireless tablets in clinical observation areas.

See the layout of the new center.

Community Health Education

The 70-seat Community Health Education Classroom includes a flexible design to support academic courses, community education offerings, and health
and wellness opportunities.

Team-Based Care

The new IMPACT Practice Center brings together students from nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, speech-language pathology, and genetic counseling (starting in 2019) to learn and practice in teams and to deliver essential free care to the community.

 

Transforming Health Professions Education

The IMPACT Practice Center enables student teams from across the health professions to deliver integrated services as part of their clinical education. By providing this free care under the  supervision of the Institute's practicing clinician faculty, students enrolled in the nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and speech-language pathology programs receive a priceless benefit: real-life experience.

Client populations include those with chronic conditions across the lifespan. Interventions incorporate education, wellness, rehabilitation, as well as preventive strategies for maintaining health.

IMPACT Practice Center Adult Rehab Gym
 
 

Providing Care for the Community

At the IMPACT Practice Center, members of the community are provided with the best approaches to wellness, chronic care, and recovery as students from multiple disciplines work in teams to provide exceptional care.  Clients receive comprehensive services that address a range of needs stemming from speech disorders, stoke, brain injury, and other chronic conditions.

Services also include a wide variety of wellness and educational programming for clients and caregivers. These free, supervised services not only change the lives of our clients, but also the future practice of our students as they learn to deliver team-based care.

The Center includes:

  • Adult rehabilitation therapy gym to accommodate clients with a range of chronic conditions
  • Services for children focusing on communication, sensory, and motor concerns
  • 25 private treatment spaces
  • State-of-the-art technology, allowing caregivers to observe sessions
  • Screening and referral services
  • Supportive counseling around mental health issues
  • Caregiver support
  • Educational programming in the 70-seat community room including wellness programs, caregiver and client support groups, and health-related offerings such as yoga, mindfulness, health fairs, and sessions on varied topics such as opioid addiction, diabetes care, obesity, and domestic violence. 

See our virtual tour of the IMPACT Practice Center and of the Adult Rehabilitation Gym within the center.

IMPACT Practice Center Student Collaborative Area
 

Care offered at the center

The IMPACT Practice Center supports discipline-specific and interprofessional clinical treatment services for clients. Discipline-specific services include health assessment, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech, language and literacy therapy for individuals with:

  • Stroke and cardiac disease
  • Obesity
  • Brain injury
  • Aphasia
  • Autism
  • Reading difficulties
  • Children’s communication disorders
  • Developmental issues
  • Other chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension
IMPACT Practice Center Community Education Room

 

 

Clients We Serve

IMPACT Practice Center Reception Area

 

 

  • Range in age from 2 years to 94 years

  • Reside in Charlestown and the Greater Boston area

  • Have no health insurance, have exhausted their benefits, or have chronic conditions not covered by their health insurance

  • Often have multiple chronic conditions that require management or referrals

 

 

Transform Education & Care

Support the work of the Center
Donations of any amount will help further the important work of the Center, In addition, the following naming opportunities are available. Donors will be recognized with permanent signage in the IMPACT Practice Center.

     $5,000

  • Treatment beds within the treatment rooms

  • Equipment in the Adult Rehab Gym

     $10,000

  • Treatment Rooms 

  • Health Assessment & Exam Rooms 

  • Faculty Observation Room

  • Student Room

  • Faculty Room

     $25,000

  • Reception Area

  • Waiting Area

  • Children's Rehab Gym

     $50,000

  • Community Room

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Location of the IMPACT Practice Center: 2 Constitution Center
 

Contact the IMPACT Practice Center

Dr. Charles A. and Ann Sanders IMPACT Practice Center
Two Constitution Wharf (2CW) (Formerly referred to as 2 Constitution Center 2CC))
Constitution Road
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston, MA 92129-4557

The IMPACT Practice Center – entrance on the first floor of 2CW – is handicap accessible. 

Directions to and parking for 2CW.
Note: for good directions/GPS, request directions to 2 Constitution Plaza, Charlestown, MA 02129

See interactive campus map. 

Telephone: (617) 643-6332
Email: ipc@mghihp.edu

Mailing Address
IMPACT Practice Center
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Charlestown Navy Yard
36 1st Avenue
Boston, NA 02129-4557

Contacts for Centers within the IMPACT Practice Center

  • Aphasia Center (1st floor)
    (617) 724-6314
    aphasiacenter@mghihp.edu

  • Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness (1st floor)
    (617) 643-6332
    ipc@mghihp.edu

  • Tabor/Connor Family Occupational Therapy Center for Learning, Participation, and Rehabilitation (OT CLiPR) (2nd floor )
    (857) 270-1811
    OTCLiPR@mghihp.edu

  • Physical Therapy Center for Clinical Education and Health Promotion (1st floor)
    (857) 272-2920
    ptcenter@mghihp.edu

  • Speech, Language, and Literacy Center (1st floor)
    (617) 643-6332
    ipc@mghihp.edu

  • Simulated Participant Program
    (617) 643-0752​
    twilliams@mghihp.edu