Collaborative Co-Teaching: Engaging Learners across Health Care Professions
- Continuing Education

Master practical, evidence-based techniques for collaborative teaching in this immersive course led by experts from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
- Live Online
This course is taught online in real time.
Continuing Education Credits
Earn up to:
7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
6.75 ANCC contact hours
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Overview
Collaborative Co-Teaching: Engaging Learners across Health Care Professions is a unique course aimed at nurses, physicians, and all allied health care professionals who wish to learn how to use the knowledge and skills of multiple disciplines to collaboratively teach in an interactive and engaging manner.
Learners will come away from this course with practical methods to start a Collaborative Co-Teaching initiative at their own institution. They will additionally be given a toolkit of interactive teaching techniques to make these educational sessions engaging, active, and high yield.
Participants will attend explanatory lectures as well as choose from multiple breakout sessions during which they can experience Collaborative Co-Teaching teams in action and observe how they successfully lead their sessions. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panel of experts who created the highly regarded Collaborative Co-Teaching Initiative at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Learning Objectives
- Design a collaborative nurse-doctor co-teaching session.
- Utilize interactive educational methods that lead to effective and vibrant co-teaching.
- Recognize the essential role that rehearsals play in teaching success.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Friday, September 19, 2025
Opening Remarks
Helen Shields; William Martin-Doyle
8:00-8:10 am
Genesis of RN-MD Co-Teaching Project
Marina Zambrotta
8:10-8:30 am
Introduction to Co-Teaching
James Honan; Noah Heller
8:30-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
How We Did it - the VA Bedford Healthcare System Experience
Jim Meisel
9:40-10:00 am
Techniques for Active and Engaging Teaching
Marina Zambrotta
10:00-11:15 am
A Framework for Structured and Effective Co-Teaching Sessions
Helen Shields; Marina Zambrotta
11:15 am-12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00-1:00 pm
Breakout Session
1:00-1:45 pm
Breakout A1 - A5
A1
Alcohol Withdrawal and CIWA-AR Scale
William Martin-Doyle; Mary Hardiman
A2
Age-Friendly Prescribing: Less is More
Ashmeet Bhatia
A3
Arterial Blood Gases
Marliyatou Diallo; Helen Shields
A4
H pylori, Feeding Tubes and More
Lori Newman; Christine Smith
A5
Medical Interpreters as Partners in Patient Care
Yilu Ma; Irene Yeh; Rosa Terrance
Break
1:45-2:00 pm
Breakout Session
2:00-2:45 pm
Breakout B1 - B5
B1
Arterial Blood Gases
Marliyatou Diallo; Helen Shields
B2
Catch My Flow: Fun Facts about CAUTI's
Ewa Grudzinski; Alexander Carbo
B3
The Agony and Ecstasy of Telemetry Alarms
Bram Wispelwey; Stephanie Bartelt
B4
Fall Prevention: A Multidisciplinary Approach PT, OT
Lionel Lim; Amanda Naughton; Danielle Davila
B5
Depression in the Elderly: Diagnosis and Management
Maria Eden Gianan; Yanire Nieves
Break
2:45-3:00 pm
Breakout Session
3:00-3:45 pm
Breakout C1 - C5
C1
Can Do, Canttu: Improved Patient Satisfaction with New Techniques for Inpatient Hair Management
Kety FlorGomes; Helen Shields
C2
Approach to the Variceal and Upper GI Bleeder
Anne Liu; Susan Fields
C3
Venous Thromboembolism: Can We Make a Difference?
William Martin-Doyle; Mary Hardiman
C4
Delirium: Diagnosis and Management
Sue Yie; Brittany Carey
C5
Protecting Patients from Pressure Injuries
Ewa Grudzinski; Marina Pavia
Break
3:45-4:00 pm
Keynote Address
Lisa Rosenbaum
4:00-4:10 pm
Partnering for Success: A Look behind the Scenes in the Past, Present and Future
Helen Shields; Patricia Aylward; Christine Smith
4:10-4:30 pm
Implementation Strategies: Tips for Success!
Helen Shields; Marina Zambrotta; William Martin-Doyle; Christine Smith; Jim Meisel; Yanire Nieves; Patricia Aylward
4:30-5:00 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.

Helen M. Shields, MD
Course Director
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Physician, Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Christine Smith, MSN, RN, PCCN
Course Director
- Clinical Educator, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Marina Zambrotta, MD, MEd
Course Director
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown University Health

William Martin Doyle, MD, MPH
Course Director
- Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Patricia Aylward, MSN, RN, CCRN-K
Stephanie Bartelt, BSN
Ashmeet Bhatia, MD
Brittany Carey, APRN
Alexander Carbo, MD
Danielle Davila, RN
Marliyatou Diallo, BSN
Susan Fields, RN
Kety FlorGomes, RN
Maria Eden Gianan, BSN, NP, CNS
Ewa Grudzinski, RN
Mary Hardiman, RN, MS in Critical Care
Noah Heller, PhD
James Honan, EdD
Priscilla Kim, PharmD
Lionel Lim, MBBS
Anne Liu, MD
Yilu Ma, MS, MA, CMI
Jim Meisel, MD, MHPE
Amanda Naughton, RN
Lori Newman, MD, PhD
Yanire Nieves, MD, MBA
Marina Pavia, DO, MS
Lisa Rosenbaum, MD
Rosa Terrance, DNP
Bram Wispelwey, MD, MPH, MS
Irene Yeh, MD, MPH
Sue Yie, MD
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Course Fees
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You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus, and access to recordings for 14 days after the course.
At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Role | Standard Price |
---|---|
Physician (MD/DO) | $275.00 |
Nurse (RN/APRN) | $200.00 |
PA | $200.00 |
Psychologist | $200.00 |
Social Worker | $200.00 |
Allied Health Professional / Other | $200.00 |
Resident/Fellow Standard Price: $75.00