Education and Engagement

The Center for Gun Violence Prevention is strongly involved in education of both health care providers and the community about firearm safety and violence prevention.

Education

• Education of incoming residents and staff on firearm safety risk assessment for the following departments:
  • Medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery
  • Emergency Medicine
• Development of firearm safety educational documents for the MGH 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
  • MGH Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
  • MGH Division of General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  • MGH Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
  • Lowell General Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds
  • MGH Hospital Medicine “Dilemmas & Difficult Cases” Ethics Case Conference

Community Engagement

Community engagement from the Center for Gun Violence Prevention is done through the MGH Gun Violence Prevention Coalition.

 Our partner organizations include:

• Government agencies
  • Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Boston Police Department
• Community organizations
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Massachusetts
  • Grandmothers Against Gun Violence
  • League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
  • Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
  • Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
  • Moms Demand Action
  • Sandy Hook Promise
  • Stop Handgun Violence