February 4, 2005

What's Happening

Ash Wednesday services
The MGH Chaplaincy Department will offer Ash Wednesday services Feb. 9 at the MGH Chapel. Roman Catholic Mass will be held at 11 am and 4 pm and an Ecumenical service will be held at 12:15 pm. Ashes will be distributed in the chapel between 9 am and 5 pm and will be delivered once to each patient floor between 8 am and 4 pm. Ashes also will be distributed at the following locations: CNY Building 149, from noon to 2 pm; the Charlestown HealthCare Center's second floor conference room, from noon to 1 pm; the Revere HealthCare Center, Sweet Conference Room, from 1:30 to 2:15 pm; the Chelsea HealthCare Center's third floor conference room, from 8 to 9 am and 12:30 to 1:30 pm; and at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary's 11th floor patient lounge, from 10 to 10:50 am and the sixth floor operating room lounge, from 11 to 11:30 am. All chapel services will be broadcast on the MGH in-house television system, Channel 16.

Ethics forum
An ethics forum "Family Presence During Resuscitation: Exploring the Practice from an Ethical Perspective" will be held Feb. 11, from noon to 1 pm in the Sweet Conference Room. Panelists will include Patricia Mian, RN, MS, of MGH Emergency Services, Susan Warchal, RN, of MGH Emergency Services and chair of the Emergency Department Ethics Committee, and Benjamin Medoff, MD, associate director of the MGH Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit. Ellen Robinson, RN, PhD, clinical specialist in Ethics at the MGH, will be the moderator. For more information, send e-mail to erobinson1@partners.org.

Medical terminology courses
MGH Human Resources will offer Medical Terminology I starting March 7 and Medical Terminology II starting March 9 at 100 Charles River Plaza, Suite 200. The cost for part I is $70 and part II is $50. Registration is required by Feb. 28. To register, visit ibridge.partners.org/getaccess. For more information, call (617) 724-3368.

CRP seminar series
The Clinical Research Program (CRP) will sponsor "Subject Recruitment - 50 Practical Tips That Work at MGH" Feb. 9, from 11:45 am to 1 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. Marsha Tennis, RN, of MGH Neurology, will discuss subject recruitment tips and techniques using her knowledge of MGH research policies. This lecture qualifies for contact hours. Registration is required by Feb. 7. To register, call (617) 726-1669.

Eldercare discussion group
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will host an eldercare discussion group Feb. 15, from noon to 1 pm in the Trustees Conference Room, Bulfinch 225A. Barbara Moscowitz, LICSW, an MGH geriatric social worker, will discuss care coordination, legal, estate and medical issues, and caring for oneself while caring for an elder. This group also will meet March 15, April 12 and May 10. For more information, call (617) 726-6976 or visit www.eap.partners.org.

Senior HealthWISE seminar
MGH Senior HealthWISE will sponsor "Sit To Be Fit" Feb. 15, from 2 to 3 pm at the Clubs at Charles River Park. Sandy Connor, a personal trainer at the Clubs, will run this exercise workshop for seniors 60 years and older, free of charge. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.