Partners HealthCare Office of Continuing Professional Development

Partners HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system that is committed to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community locally and globally. Collaboration among our institutions and health care professionals is central to our efforts to advance our mission.

Mission Statement:
Founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare includes community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health-related entities.

Partners HealthCare System is committed to supporting physicians and other healthcare professionals with education for providing the highest quality patient care. Through learning activities, Partners physicians and other healthcare professionals will address ways to improve clinical decision making, enhance patient management strategies, interpret new clinically relevant findings, and analyze health policy. Our activities will identify practice gaps to improve practice, integrate new findings, and implement state-of-the-art patient care. We will offer established and innovative learning options including live activities, performance improvement projects, self-directed learning and e-learning in all areas of healthcare. Our goal is to improve physicians’ competency, performance and/or patient outcomes, and measure these changes quantitatively and qualitatively.