Overall Rating	Bronze
Overall Score	42.24
Liaison	Tyler Leary
Submission Date	April 5, 2024

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MGH Institute of Health Professions
EN-13: Community Service

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.57 / 5.00	Tyler Leary Sustainability Coordinator Office of Campus Services

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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:

Yes

Total number of students:

1,538

Number of students engaged in community service:

1,538

Percentage of students engaged in community service:

100

Part 2. Community service hours per student

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:

Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:

4,400

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:

2.86

Part 3. Employee community service program

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:

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Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:

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Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:

https://www.mghihp.edu/ihp-experience/community-organizations/community-outreach/community-resources

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Each year, the MGH Institute of Health Professions (MGH IHP) hosts Community IMPACT Day in September. During the IHP’s annual Community Impact Day, students, staff, and faculty of the MGH Institute support multiple partner sites in and around Boston for a morning of community service. First-year students are assigned to one of 64 teams of eight to nine members from Communication Sciences & Disorders, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Genetic Counseling, and Physical Therapy programs. Groups then complete a variety of projects at the site such as making fleece blankets, promoting health care, removing trash from a local marsh, and more. Community Impact Day is designed to help students reflect on service as a core value inherent to being a health professional. It is also an opportunity for new arrivals to Boston to get to know the communities where they may be working and to consider how a person’s environment influences health.

Approximately 550 first year students participated in Community IMPACT Day in 2022. This number was used to calculated the number of community service hours students participate in annually based on an 8 hour day of service. All first-year students are required to participate in Community IMPACT Day as part of their coursework in the IMPACT series. Starting in their first semester, students enroll in three one-credit interprofessional courses (the IMPACT series) that are integrated into their programs of study. Working in interprofessional teams and guided by expert faculty, students learn foundational collaborative skills to enhance safe, quality, and equitable care.