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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.

MassLive:  Dr. Rajiv Padmanabhan, neurologist, Baystate Health, explains how many people remain unaware of the symptoms of stroke and the importance of getting immediate medical attention to avoid disability and even death during American Stroke month; adding that the coronavirus pandemic further underscores the importance of calling 9-1-1 when this cerebrovascular accident that impacts blood and oxygen flow to the brain is suspected..

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the medication tocilizumab for adult patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

To meet the need to educate health professions learners during the COVID-19 pandemic, Baystate faculty created a list of online resources for remote teaching and learning.