January 5, 2007

What's Happening

Senior HealthWISE events
MGH Senior HealthWISE will sponsor a one-hour exercise session, "Get Warm, Stay Fit" Jan. 11, from 11 am to 1 pm at The Clubs at Charles River Park. Lunch will be served. Senior HealthWISE also will host a screening of the film "Little Miss Sunshine" Jan. 15, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm in the Haber Conference Room. Registration is required for both events and admission is free. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-6756.

Ethics forum
The MGH Ethics Task Force will present "Talking About Code Status: Translating Goals of Care into Orders" Jan. 12, from noon to 1 pm in the Yawkey Center, Room 2220. For more information, contact Akinluwa Demehin at ademehin@partners.org or (617) 726-4954.

EAP manager and supervisor training course
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer a training course for managers and supervisors regarding the use of the EAP as a resource to assist with behavioral, mental health and substance abuse concerns. The course will be held Jan. 11, from 1 to 3 pm in the Haber Conference Room. For more information, visit www2.massgeneral.org/leadershipacademy. To register, call (617) 726-6976.

CFD noontime learning series
The MGH Center for Faculty Development's (CFD) noontime learning series will sponsor "Networking for Career Success" Jan. 18, from noon to 2 pm in the Yawkey Center, Room 10660. Diane Darling, principal consultant for Effective Networking, will be the guest speaker. CME credits will be available. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-5229 or e-mail cfd@partners.org.

Lecture about the RPDR
The MGH Lab of Computer Science and the Clinical Research Program are
co-hosting "RPDR: Using the Web-Based Partners Research Patient Data Registry to Recruit Patients from Your Own Practice" Jan. 17, from 4 to 5 pm in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. The lecture will provide an overview of the RPDP, a Partners information resource that allows investigators to query large amounts of patient clinical data. To register, visit hub.partners.org. For more information, contact Lulie Ebaugh at (617) 724-2900 or lebaugh@partners.org.

Partners Physicians Day
All Partners physicians are invited to attend the eighth annual Partners Physicians Day Feb. 10, from 8 am to 5 pm at the Boston Sheraton Hotel. The registration deadline is Jan. 19. For more information, contact Grace Bommarito at gbommarito@partners.org. To register online at a Partners workstation, visit clinicalaffairs.partners.org.

Stress reduction sessions
The MGH will offer free stress reduction sessions for employees during the month of January through a partnership with the Be Fit program and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at MGH. Sessions will be held every weekday from noon to 12:30 pm in the Lower Amphitheater on Clinics 1.