Education & Engagement
MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center
55 Fruit Street
Boston,
MA
02114
Email: gvpc@mgh.harvard.edu
Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Explore This Program
The MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center has developed and implemented novel case-based simulation curricula to advance education of students and trainees about firearm safety and violence prevention.
Education
Our educational efforts have included:- Education of residents on firearm safety
- Development of firearm safety educational documents for the Mass General Primary Care Office Insight (PCOI) and Child & Adolescent Resource Materials (CARMA)
- Aiding the development of educational documents on firearm violence prevention for the Massachusetts Medical Society
- Education of providers and nursing on assessing firearm safety practices and educating patients on those practices
- Grand Rounds and other lectures and seminars, including
- Mass General Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
- Mass General Division of General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
- Mass General Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
- Lowell General Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds
- Mass General Medicine “Dilemmas & Difficult Cases” Ethics Case Conference
Development of the Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence Initiative, in partnership with the Engagement Lab @ Emerson College and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. This 3-year initiative invites students and community members to look at the dominant narratives surrounding gun violence in the United States, and to co-create tactics to change the narratives through media and arts.
About Us
The Gun Violence Prevention Center focuses on reducing injuries and deaths related to firearms and promoting safety in the home and in the community through clinical care and education, community engagement and research.