Health and Wellness Coalition - MCPHS Boston

09/03/2023

We are excited to announce our first event of the semester!

Take a break to enjoy the fresh air and mingle with 1st and 2nd year classmates.

Meet at White building, WEDNESDAY (9/6) at 4pm for a tour around the Back Bay Fens area of the Emerald Necklace, including the James P. Kelleher Rose Garden, Fenway Victory Gardens, and the Boylston Bridge.

Personal Tour Sponsored by Emerald Necklace Conservancy

09/02/2023

Join us for our first event of the semester! Wednesday September 6th at 4:00 pm meet outside White (179 Longwood Ave) to tour the Back Bay Fens area of the Emerald Necklace ✨

08/26/2023

Hi everyone, please take some time to read below to help bring mental wellness programming and wellness events to my PA program at MCPHS-Boston!

Health and Wellness Coalition (HAWC) is a student-led initiative supporting 300 master's physician assistant students at MCPHS University-Boston. HAWC created a system implementing necessary changes within the culture of learning medicine that is mindful to students' well-being, while also offering support for students via on and off-campus opportunities. Through these events, HAWC strives to provide sustainable ways for reducing burnout, feelings of inadequacy, and mental health crises.

HAWC is devoted to using evidence-based mental health prevention methods to support our classmates, while teaching the PA-S valuable skills that can be applied when they become a PA-C.

All HAWC events are solely dependent on donations and grants. HAWC is piloting this program this year for PA students, and the attendance data and feedback will be used as a model for establishment for PA programs across the country. When you donate to HAWC, you are increasing wellness accessibility and positively impacting the next generation of practitioners.

Friends and family of an MCPHS PA student — please consider donating to our initiative so that we can provide students with the much-needed resources to thrive within PA school and beyond. To anyone who has a loved one in Boston or in medicine, your donation to our program will initiate a wave of change across the country. And if you are not in a position to donate, please share this post to spread the word far and wide to take care of students studying medicine and practicing healthcare providers.

Our Mission & Vision: Let's Change the Culture, Shall We? Health and … HAWC Wellness needs your support for Health And Wellness Coalition - MCPHS Boston

08/07/2023

We are ecstatic to announce the launch of the Health and Wellness Coalition at MCPHS University in Boston. Three students created a system that incorporates student feedback, PA faculty, University support, and external resources to offer support for PA student well-being with on and off-campus opportunities. Through these endeavors, we strive to create a community to combat feelings of burnout, inadequacy, and mental health crises for all student needs.

The pandemic reminded us that healthcare providers are human beings too; they need rest, food, vacation, and manageable stress levels. Physician Assistant students are no exception. That is why we are committed to using dozens of methods that will reach every student in its support, while teaching the PA-S valuable skills that can be applied when they become a PA-C. Because we know that in order to serve patients to the best of our ability, we need to ensure the provider is thriving too.

So what are we waiting for? Let's welcome the team and start changing the culture!

Learn more: https://hawcwellness.wixsite.com/hawc