Collaborative Co-Teaching: Engaging Learners across Health Care Professions

  • Continuing Education
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Registration Deadline: September 18

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.

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This course is taught online in real time.

$225 Save with early registration

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Fee increases to $275 after

Continuing Education

Earn up to:
6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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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, engaging, and evidence-based manner. 

Learners will come away from this course with a toolkit of interactive teaching techniques to make these educational sessions engaging, active, evidence-based, and high-yield. In addition, they will learn practical methods to start a Collaborative Co-Teaching initiative at their own institution.  

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 the co-teachers 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 an effective collaborative co-teaching session.
  • Apply the combination of interactive educational methods and evidence-based content that lead to efficient 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.

Who Should Participate

Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Specialty Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Obstetrics and Gynecology; surgery, and Others

Schedule

All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

Friday, September 18, 2026

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

James Meisel

9:40-10:10 am

Techniques for Active and Engaging Teaching

Marina Zambrotta

10:10-11:15 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

De-escalating and Addressing Incivility and Bullying in the Hospital through Simulation Techniques
Christine Smith

A5

The Chief Nursing Officer's (CNO) and Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) Dyad Approach to Improving Quality Outcomes
Julia Mason; Simon Talbot

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

Don’t Let Them Drop: An Interprofessional Dive into Fall Prevention in Older Adults
Lionel Lim; Amanda Naughton; Danielle Davila; Priscilla Kim

B5

Approach to Upper GI and Variceal Bleeders
Anne Liu; Gina Morrissy

Break

2:45-3:00 pm

Breakout Session

3:00-3:45 pm

Breakout C1 - C5

C1

Clostridioides difficile: Nuances of Diagnosis and Complex Therapeutic Decisions in the Hospitalized Patient
Kety FlorGomes; Helen Shields

C2

Approach to Upper GI and Variceal Bleeders
Anne Liu; Gina Morrissy

C3

Don't Break Any Bones about It-Osteoporosis Doesn't Discriminate: Time to Screen Both Men and Women
Amanda Naughton; Lionel Lim

C4

Medical Interpreters as Partners in Patient Care
Rosa Terrance; Yilu Ma; Irene Yeh

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; Christine Smith; Ewa Grudzinski

4:10-4:30 pm

Implementation Strategies: Tips for Success!

Helen Shields; William Martin-Doyle; Christine Smith; James Meisel; Marina Zambrotta

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.

Stephanie Bartelt, BSN, RN

Ashmeet Bhatia, MD

Alexander Carbo, MD

Danielle Davila, DPT

Marliyatou Diallo, RN

Kety FlorGomes, BA, RN

Ewa Grudzinski, RN

Mary Hardiman, NP

Noah Heller, PhD

James Honan, EdD

Priscilla Kim, PharmD

Lionel Lim, FACP, MBA, MBBS, MPH

Anne Liu, MD

Yilu Ma, MA

William Martin-Doyle, MD, MPH

Julia Mason, DNP

Jim Meisel, MD

Gina Morrissy, RN

Amanda Naughton, RN

Eric Nohelty, BS, NREMT, CHSOS

Marina Pavia, DO

Lisa Rosenbaum, MD

Helen Shields, MD

Christine Smith, MSN

Simon Talbot, MBChB

Rosa Terrance, NP

Bram Wispelwey, MD, MPH, MS

Irene Yeh, MD, MPH

Marina Zambrotta, MD, MEd

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Course Fees

Registration Details

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 some recordings for 180 days after the course.

At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration. 

Review the cancellation policy.

Early Registration Deadline:

Role Course Fee Early Registration Course Fee
Physician (MD/DO) $275 $225
Nurse (RN/APRN) $150 $100
PA $150 $100
Psychologist $150 $100
Resident/Fellow $75 $25
Social Worker $150 $100
Allied Health Professional / Other $150 $100

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 6.75 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.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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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