Undergraduate Education
CHA plays an important role in education at Harvard Medical School and the Tufts University School of Medicine. This includes being home to the Harvard-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship (CIC). This longitudinal course for third year medical students lets students follow their “own” cohort of patients over time and different venues of care. This gives students meaningful and authentic responsibility for providing clinical care, with direct and personal faculty supervision in all core disciplines.
PA students from Boston University participate in a 6-month longitudinal clerkship in OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. They engage in interprofessional educational activities with CIC students.
The CHA Pharmacy precepts 50 - 75 PharmD students each year from five local schools (Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Northeastern, Western New England University, University of Rhode Island, University of Connecticut).
CHA hosts first year HMS students for their required multifaceted Practice of Medicine (POM) course. In addition, there are multiple elective offerings. Please contact the HMS registrar for current electives.
The Department of OBGYN hosts 16 third-year Tufts University School of Medicine students in six-week blocks throughout each academic year. The students rotate on the L&D floor, in the gynecologic OR, and in the outpatient setting - giving them an opportunity to experience a community hospital with a diverse patient population. Students gain a unique interdisciplinary perspective by working with OBGYN MDs and also Family Medicine MDs, physician assistants, nurse midwives, advanced practice RNs, and resident physicians.
Information about different primary care and internal medicine rotations available.