Education & Training

The Tufts Maine Track Program was founded in 2009 by Tufts University Medical School and Maine Medical Center. The hallmark of this program is the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship, offering students an innovative training model that reflects a real primary-care experience. Mount Desert Island Hospital is the only institution in Hancock County invited to take part in this pioneering educational program; Maine Track students work alongside our seasoned and committed medical staff for nine months, following cases from beginning to end in a process that is patient-oriented, rather than program-oriented. Students gain a broader and more empathetic view of healing, and learn lasting lessons in doctor-patient relationships and communication.

Meet Tufts Medical Student, Joshua Parbs:

MDI Hospital offers a nationally accredited, Continuing Medical Education (CME) program with extensive and varied clinical training opportunities. The program has seen rapid growth since it was established in 2005, and now offers more than 75 CME activities per year.

CME sessions include Provider Breakfast Meetings, Lunch and Learn Educational Sessions, Case Studies, Book Learning Discussions, and a variety of community educational offerings throughout the year.

MDI Hospital’s CME Program also benefits from the Hospital’s active collaboration with Penn Medicine, which gives MDI Hospital staff the unique opportunity to participate in reciprocal staff exchanges as well as a wide variety of professional education sessions. Since 2010, this first-of-its-kind collaborative has resulted in a total of 70 professional education sessions with over 700 attendees from the MDI Hospital staff and local medical community.

For more information on MDI Hospital’s CME Program, contact CME Coordinator Ann Worrick at 288-5082 ext. 1510 or ann.worrick@mdihospital.org.

Mount Desert Island Hospital offers a robust Nursing Education Program across a wide variety of clinical disciplines.

The 10-week Mount Desert Island Hospital-COA Internship program was established in 2013 through a cooperative partnership between the college and the hospital led by Edward Gilmore, MD, MACP, Chief of Medicine at MDI Hospital, and John G.T. Anderson, W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology/Natural History and internship program coordinator at COA.

The program allows students the chance to directly shadow and observe physicians and nurse practitioners across a variety of specialties, and to experience the clinical environment first-hand.

Dr. Gilmore and Professor Anderson worked together to design the 10-week program, which consists of five two-week preceptorships, offering second and third-year students at COA broad exposure to a variety of aspects of healthcare delivery.

During the 10-week program, students are exposed to a variety of care situations and have the chance to discuss what they observe. Three of the two-week modules are fixed, while the last two are elective. The fixed modules of the program include primary care, rounds with a hospitalist and emergency care, while electives may include medical imaging, orthopedics, and obstetrics.

There are several American Heart Association classes available. Learn more on our AHA Classes page.

Visit our Community Health Education page to learn more.