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Eight community members have recently completed training to join UMMS-Baystate’s non-medical Community Faculty who play an integral role in teaching medical students.

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education recently called upon the experience and expertise of Baystate Health’s Office of Continuing Interprofessional Education to help them learn how accredited providers are navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic.

UMass Med Now: Emily Nuss and Tatiana Petrovich, medical students in the PURCH track, were awarded Fullbright-Fogarty Fellowships to work on a study in Guatemala analyzing the health impacts of household air pollution.

UMass medical students and other health professions students are engaged in COVID-related activities and a variety of volunteer efforts at Baystate and in the community.

Teaching Award winners are nominated by their co-workers for actively fostering learning around them—including those who are not in traditional education roles.

Petal Elder MD, first-year Internal Medicine resident, was inducted into the UMass Medical School Gold Humanism Honor Society for her kind and compassionate treatment of patients, families, students, and colleagues.

Dr. Ya Zhou, third year surgical resident, received the “2020 Resident/Fellow Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education” from UMass Medical School for her inspirational teaching of medical students.

Kathryn Jobbins DO and Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD have been inducted into the University of Massachusetts Medical School student chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) to recognize their commitment to teaching and for serving as exemplars of humanism to their students and colleagues.

Springfield resident and community activist Charlie Holmes received the UMass Medical School "2020 Patient Teacher Award," which acknowledges the contributions of an individual patient to undergraduate medical education.

Teachers are unlearning their tried and true instructional methods in order to reach high school students in the Baystate Springfield Education Partnership who are stuck at home during the COVID19 pandemic.