Pathways Longitudinal Projects (PLPs)

The PLPs are a requirement for Worcester-based Pathways. These are longitudinal group initiatives, mentored by a UMass-affiliated PLP faculty mentor, which span across your medical school journey. We require at least 4 learners per PLP. Some PLPs align with multiple Pathways and you will see them listed multiple times.

Please wait until your first Pathways session to learn more about the process of PLP assignments before you reach out to the contacts listed here.

For more information on Pathways, visit: https://www.umassmed.edu/oume/curriculum/Vista-Curriculum/parallel-curricular-programs/Worcester-track/pathways-options/ and refer to the Pathways Handbook.

Select one or more pathways
Title Pathway
Healthcare app to help patients with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Design, and Innovation
Healthcare sustainability: Implementing Patient and Provider Education to Reduce Meter-Dose Inhaler Use Education
Hepatitis C Education Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice
HydraFrame product to aid bone healing Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Design, and Innovation
Impact of social and socioeconomic factors Clinical, Community, and Translational Research
Implementation and Evaluation of Immediate in Hospital Postpartum Diabetes Testing after Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes Clinical, Community, and Translational Research
Improved Gene Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Design, and Innovation
Improving Health System Navigation for Refugee Patients at Worcester RISE for health medical office Population, Community, and Global Health, Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice
Improving cultural competency in caregivers during end of life care Health Systems Science