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The agreement will bring more medical training and research opportunities for BU medical students and faculty<\/h4>\n
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A new agreement with St. Elizabeth\u2019s Medical Center will lead to more BU School of Medicine students performing their clinical rotations at the Brighton hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Elizabeth\u2019s Medical Center in Brighton will become a Boston University teaching hospital under an agreement reached between the University and Steward Health Care, announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

The five-year partnership, which goes into effect July 1, when the University begins its academic year, deepens and expands an existing relationship between BU and St. Elizabeth\u2019s Medical Center<\/a> (SEMC) that the parties say will benefit BU students and faculty, as well as patients of the Steward Health Care<\/a> system. The deal will not impact the BU School of Medicine\u2019s relationship with Boston Medical Center, its primary teaching affiliate.<\/p>\n

The affiliation will bring more opportunities for BU medical clerkships for students to practice clinical rotations at SEMC\u2019s 308-bed hospital, located about five miles west of the BU School of Medicine (MED) campus and less than two miles from the heart of BU\u2019s Charles River Campus. Approximately 170 MED students seek clerkships during their third year of studies (third-year medical students begin their academic year in May). For faculty, the partnership is expected to lead to more collaboration on clinical research.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very pleased with the new affiliation between SEMC and our medical school,\u201d President Robert A. Brown says. \u201cThe commitment by Steward Health Care to enhance SEMC as an academic medical center aligns well with our goals in medical education and clinical research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karen Antman<\/a>, MED dean and Medical Campus provost, says the agreement with SEMC means more MED students\u2014including those working to become physician assistants and mental health and genetic counselors\u2014will be able to do clinical rotations at a nearby hospital committed to quality education.<\/p>\n

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The five-year BU partnership with SEMC will not only provide additional opportunities for more medical clerkships, but also provide new clinical rotations for physician assistant and mental health and genetic counseling students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMedicine for future physicians, physician assistants, and mental health and genetic counseling requires hands-on patient care experience, one-on-one, or at most, small-group learning,\u201d Antman says. \u201cIdeally, each student is part of the team that cares for a number of patients, with increasing levels of responsibility under close supervision. This requires a large number of faculty and experiences with a large number of patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, nine MED students at a time participated in clerkships at SEMC\u2014in obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and neurology\u2014in rotations that last four to six weeks, depending on the specialty. MED plans to expand the number of these rotations at the Brighton hospital over the next three years and add clerkships in internal medicine, surgery, and radiology. The additional specialties and clerkship slots would mean a significant number of MED students would be studying at SEMC at any given time.<\/p>\n

The agreement also means new clinical rotations for physician assistant and mental health and genetic counseling students\u2014critical opportunities for professionals who must learn to collaborate, Antman says. \u201cOptimal care requires a team of providers, not just doctors with different specialties, but also pharmacists, nurses, PAs, too. It takes a village. Students need to work in these teams,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

As of the 2020\u20132021 academic year, MED students participate in a range of clerkships<\/a> at 27 hospitals, led by Boston Medical Center (BMC). MED students also learn at more than 30 community health centers and group medical practices in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an exciting development for MED students and faculty,\u201d Ravin Davidoff<\/a>, chief medical officer of BMC and associate dean for clinical affairs at MED, says. \u201cThis academic affiliation offers students and faculty immediate opportunities for teaching and research collaborations and sets the stage for mutually beneficial opportunities across all of MED\u2019s affiliates, especially BMC.\u201d<\/p>\n

For St. Elizabeth\u2019s, the agreement with MED represents an opportunity to affiliate with one of the top medical schools in the country that champions quality, affordable care to all, says Harry Bane, president of Steward Health Care\u2019s North Region. (Bane was previously the president of SEMC.)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a physician-led organization, Steward is committed to excellence in graduate medical education and training the next generation of physician leaders,\u201d Bane says. \u201cOur partnership with Boston University is the latest example of Steward investing in local communities, as St. Elizabeth\u2019s serves as a top destination for patients throughout eastern Massachusetts who need highly specialized care at a sustainable price.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bane says MED\u2019s commitment to community-based care and to vulnerable populations, demonstrated by the school\u2019s long-standing relationship with BMC, was a big draw for Steward. \u201cThey serve patient populations that desperately need high-value care,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s something we at St. Elizabeth\u2019s have always been committed to, which is serving the underserved and the communities where we live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Physicians at SEMC also can enjoy broader clinical collaboration with MED, Bane says, that could lead to career and teaching opportunities. At the same time, MED students who study at SEMC will experience a setting where doctors are in leadership positions across the organization.<\/p>\n

Optimal care requires a team of providers, not just doctors with different specialties, but also pharmacists, nurses, PAs, too. It takes a village.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Karen Antman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bane says that while the agreement pertains to medical students now, SEMC is open to including educational opportunities for students in affiliated fields, such as occupational therapy and physical therapy. \u201cCertainly over time we want to grow this relationship to bring enhanced, innovative education and clinical experiences to St. Elizabeth\u2019s that will optimize patient care,\u201d Bane says. \u201cAnd that certainly has the potential to go to other schools and programs over time to further strengthen and mature this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 25 clinicians who teach MED students during their rotations at SEMC already have MED faculty appointments, and the school expects that number to grow under the agreement. SEMC faculty will not become part of the Boston University Medical Group. Instead they will hold appointments similar to clinicians who teach MED students at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals and at Kaiser Permanente\u2019s regional campus in California\u2019s Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

As for medical research, Antman says, the affiliation with SEMC will strengthen clinical and research collaborations with BU\u2019s Medical Campus faculty. \u201cCollaboration on clinical research trials will allow us to answer research questions more quickly, and expanded research collaborations are possible in, for example, genetics, heart disease, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and sports medicine, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy,\u201d Antman says.<\/p>\n

Since 1957, SEMC has been affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, and will transition its affiliation through this agreement, Bane says.<\/p>\n

For BU, SEMC\u2019s Brighton campus adds to a diverse mix of healthcare environments that benefit the training of tomorrow\u2019s doctors.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents need to see medicine provided in different settings,\u201d Antman says. \u201cThey have BMC, where they see global diseases in patients who speak many different languages. At the VA they see deployment medicine. At St. Elizabeth\u2019s hospital they will see a large urban hospital, and at our affiliates in Maine and in the Berkshires, they will experience rural medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

This BU Today<\/em> story was written by Michael S. Goldberg. Photography by Jackie Ricciardi.<\/p>\n

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