Company Profile
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Company Overview
The MGH Institute of Health Professions, an academic affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital, is an innovative and independent graduate school that operates within the framework of the Partners HealthCare System. A progressive leader in developing comprehensive models of health care education, the MGH Institute prepares advanced practice professionals in the fields of nursing, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, clinical investigation and medical imaging through a distinctive combination of academic study, clinical practice and research. An average of 800 students are enrolled in graduate-level degree and certificate programs. The Institute is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. For more information, visit www.mghihp.edu.
Company History
The MGH Institute was created over a quarter of a century ago to address the need for master clinicians, leaders in the health care professions molded by the integration of theory and clinical practice in an interdisciplinary environment.
The Massachusetts General Hospital commitment to world-class patient care, education and research has long extended beyond their affiliation with the Harvard Medical School into the broader scope of other health professions. The MGH School of Nursing, founded in 1873, was closed in 1981 to focus on the education of advanced practice health professionals.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awarded the MGH degree-granting authority in 1977, despite objections from other universities to the innovative concept of a hospital granting degrees. The MGH was initially authorized to grant the Master of Science degree in physical therapy, nursing, speech-language pathology and dietetics and the Bachelor of Science degree in respiratory therapy and radiologic technology, though the Institute has never offered bachelor degrees. Later amendments have approved additional degree and certificate programs.
The MGH renamed its original educational division as the MGH Institute of Health Professions in 1980 and the first students were admitted. The first degree, a Master of Science in Physical Therapy, was granted in 1983. In 1982, the Institute admitted students to the direct-entry masters program in nursing, one of the first to enroll baccalaureate prepared individuals with no prior experience or education in nursing.
The Institute became a separate corporation in 1985, with its own board of trustees, though it remains an MGH affiliate. In 1994, MGH joined Brigham and Women's Hospital to found the Partners HealthCare System, now one of the most highly regarded integrated health care systems in the country, the largest in New England, and Massachusetts' largest employer.
Benefits
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