Collaborative Co-Teaching: Engaging Learners across Health Care Professions

  • Continuing Education
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Registration Deadline: September 19

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.

$275

This is the standard price, for a full list of profession pricing see below.
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Continuing Education Credits

Earn up to:
7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
6.75 ANCC contact hours
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One Day

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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:

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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.

Participant Types

Primary Care Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Specialty Physicians, Emergency Department Physicians, Cardiologists, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physicians, Geriatric Physicians, Hematologists, and Others.

Schedule

All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

Day 1

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.

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

Fee Disclaimer

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. 

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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

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 ANCC contact hours.

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Core Competencies:

  • Work in Interdisciplinary Teams
  • Employ Evidence-Based Practice

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) / Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

  • Medical Knowledge
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
  • Professionalism
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Disclaimer & Disclosure

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

In accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss.

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