Teaching and Learning
CHA supports educational, professional and research endeavors to improve health, advance knowledge and train the next generation of medical professionals.
> Internships, Residencies and Fellowships
CHA sponsors fully accredited training programs in a wide range of disciplines.
> Undergraduate Medical Education
CHA faculty are involved in a wide range of teaching, including the renowned HMS Cambridge Integrated Clerkship (CIC). This longitudinal experience for Harvard medical students lets students follow their “own” cohort of patients over time and through venues of care. Students are given meaningful roles and authentic responsibility for providing care. They receive direct, personal supervision in all core disciplines simultaneously.
> Away Rotations for Visiting Medical Students
Information about different primary care and internal medicine rotations available.
> Continuing Education
Grand Rounds - timely departmental lectures that disseminate knowledge on advances in medicine, research findings, improving patient care and more.
Psychiatry Continuing Education Programs, administered in conjunction with Harvard Medical School.
Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy (CHEEA) courses to better equip healthcare professionals to be change agents in our healthcare system and society.
CHA Center for Mindfulness & Compassion professional trainings for those who practice and teach mindfulness based interventions.
Other efforts through the CHA Center for Professional and Academic Development (CPAD).
Academic Highlights
December 15, 2025: CHA was showcased at the 2025 Harvard Medical School (HMS) Academy Medical Education Day. 
This energizing event featured vibrant educational sessions and poster presentations, including a number of key works by CHA authors. This effort showed the strength of CHA's innovative educational programs and also our collaboration with colleagues across other HMS institutions. A highlight was Chief of OB/GYN Dr. Tara Singh’s transformative workshop on Interprofessional Education, presented alongside two pediatrician colleagues from Boston Children’s Hospital. We couldn’t be prouder of the creativity, dedication, and scholarly leadership CHA brought to this year’s event.
August 11, 2025: Liz Gaufberg, MD, MPH, is CHA's new chief academic officer! In 2011, Dr. Gaufberg founded the CHA Center for Professional and Academic Development (CPAD), which advances the careers of our medical staff. She has been a core leader in the internationally renowned HMS-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship and has served as the interim chair of the CHA Academic Council. As CAO, Dr. Gaufberg will lead the collaborative development of a five-year academic strategic plan.
July 24, 2025: 2025 CHA Academic Council Award recipients announced: Fa’iz Bayo-Awoyemi, MD - Department of Family Medicine; Dharma Cortés, PhD - Health Evaluation Research Lab; Caitlin D’Agata, MD - Department of Family Medicine; Mark Haas, MBA - CHA Physicians Organization; Debi LaPlante, PhD - Division on Addiction
July 17, 2025: The HMS Sandra and Arnold Gold Award for Humanistic Teaching is presented annually to an inspirational HMS faculty educator at CHA who models compassion, integrity, respect and service in teaching Harvard Medical School students, residents, fellows or peers. In addition to being honored at the CHA ceremony, Dr. Kwoun will be recognized at the 2025 Daniel D. Federman Teaching Awards Ceremony at Harvard Medical School on Monday, October 27.
April 16, 2025: The CHA Center for Professional and Academic Development hosted the 16th annual CHA Academic Poster Session where the community contributed a record 83 posters. This signature CHA event offered the opportunity to share meaningful conversations and accomplishments with colleagues. Presenters framed important questions, used innovative methods, reported on interesting conclusions and identified new collaborative opportunities.
Oct 28, 2024: Dr. Elizabeth Gaufberg, Director of CHA's Center for Profesional and Academic Development, has received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation's 2024 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award. A consummate educator and transformative leader, Dr. Gaufberg has devoted her career to guiding a generation of healthcare students, resident physicians, and faculty on their path to becoming humanistic clinicians. Learn more.
May 4, 2024: Drs. Arundhati Ghosh, Jessica Santos, and Bonni Stahl have received 2024 CHA Academic Council Awards, which recognizes members of the CHA community who have made significant contributions in any academic sphere - including education, research, scholarship, or mentorship.
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