… medical team Inside the emergency department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on a recent winter night, two nursing students enter a room to get the vital signs of a psychiatric patient who had just been brought in, a … screaming, cursing, and throwing items against the wall, startling the students.  “Get away from me!! Why am I here?” he railed.  The students backed away and the …

… joy factor.  “There's something fun in almost every interaction,” said Durning, a pediatric nurse practitioner for 24 years. “Even with a child who's fearful or … brought them in today. What are their goals? How can I work with them to help them get there?” In pediatric nursing, enthusiasm toward the patient goes a long way in … and Anthropology before deciding on a new path, is grateful for her decision to get into nursing, especially with the various career avenues it offers.  “Your …

… therapy (OT) students step into the heart of their education. Their classroom? A dynamic space, filled with smiling kids, where theory meets reality, and every … the content yet. But they're getting exposed and they're getting practice. They get to have some agency with choosing the activity with guidance and input from me … at gym, at recess, or in a separate one-on-one intervention space. “They get the experience of leading sessions, they write goals, they do a screening and …

… Putting Stroke Research into Practice, One Step at a Time … Putting Stroke Research into Practice, One Step at a Time Topics Health & Wellness Area of Expertise Aphasia Brain Injury/Stroke … pleased. “I thought it was so important to walk only because it helps your brain get better,” said Parnell, who has been receiving care at the IHP’s Aphasia Center …

… McCarthy Jacobson teaches DPT students what they need to think about working with a patient with limb loss Early in Dr. Anne McCarthy Jacobson’s career as a physical … their hands that will make it hard to put a certain prosthetic on? How do they get out of bed in the morning? What is going to make the person most functional? It’s … about how those might affect what components they choose, or if they choose to get a prosthetic at all.  To really help students have the information and …

… faculty at the MGH Institute are outstanding educators and clinicians. They bring a wealth of expertise and innovative approaches to teaching, preparing students to … do. Education is what we do. So, there's the opportunity for tendrils of this to get into just about everything at the MGH Institute, and for tendrils of just about everything to get into the SoTL Center. Even though the SoTL Center has just been launched, there …

… online graduate certificate in healthcare administration, offering learners a flexible path to pursue a full MHA degree and advance their careers The MGH Institute of Health Professions … MHA program is  now accepting students at a disruptively priced tuition of under $26,000.  The Institute’s online MHA program, grounded in Justice, Equity, Diversity, …

… thing is that clients have access to our services,” said Dr. Diane Smith, a professor of occupational therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions. “There’s … who were panelists during “What’s at Stake? Health Implications of the Election,” a panel event held October 26 via Zoom that drew over 240 MGH Institute students, faculty, and staff plus … “What’s at Stake? Health Implications of the Election,” a panel event held October 26 via Zoom that drew over 240 MGH Institute students, faculty, and staff plus …