Seeds of Empathy...
Many medical institutions talk about providing compassionate care. With empathy training, Mass General doesn’t leave it to chance.
Primary Inspiration...
The Crimson Care Collaborative serves patients who don’t have a primary care doctor and tries to get medical students excited about primary care, a field many have shunned.
Practicing to Practice...
The new Mass general Learning Laboratory underscores Mass General’s recognition of simulation’s importance as a strategy to enhance healthcare education and patient safety.
The Many Flavors of Primary Care at Mass General...
At a time of soaring nationwide demand for primary care physicians, Massachusetts General Hospital is trying to train new ones and hold onto veteran doctors.
Tracing the Arc of Medical History...
The past is only part of the story at Mass General’s Paul S. Russell, MD, Museum of Medical History and Innovation.
Mass General’s Medical Education Mission...
In making education one of its primary missions, the Paul S. Russell, MD, Museum of Medical History and Innovation is carrying on a tradition that began when the founders of Massachusetts General Hospital began raising money to build the institution more than two centuries ago.
Training Teaches Nurses How to Discuss Emotional Issues...
A Mass General nursing residency program sought to empower and inspire nurses and improve care for older adult patients and other patients nearing the end of their lives.
Building Healthy Relationships: Alliance Aims to Improve Health Care in Maine...
Five hundred miles from Boston, nurses at a small hospital on the Canadian border participate via the web in nursing grand rounds at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Prepping for Modern Medicine...
A new program puts freshly minted doctors on the front lines of fields they learned little about in med school — but are of critical and growing importance in medicine.
A Star in the Lonestar State...
Pediatric surgeon Francisco Cigarroa, MD, trained at Mass General, then went on to a prolific career in medicine in his native Texas. But that was just his start. Now, he’s running the sprawling University of Texas system.