June 25, 2004

What's Happening

Research training session
The Center for Clinical Investigation at BWH will offer a training session July 14, from 7:45 to 11:30 am, at One Brigham Circle, 4th floor conference center, room 002B. This course is comparable to the "Conducting FDA Regulated Research" course taught at the MGH, which will not be offered this summer. The session will focus on basic duties of research nurses and coordinators involved in drug or device studies. Registration is required, and there will be a $40 fee. For more information, send e-mail to Allison White at amwhite@partners.org.

AMMP 2004 scholarship
The Association of Multicultural Members of Partners (AMMP)
is offering educational scholarships to assist qualified underrepresented minorities in obtaining the skills and training necessary to advance to leadership positions within Partners. Applicants must be employees of color in good standing and employed for at least one year. For more information, visit www.massgeneral.org/ammp/ or send e-mail to cjackman@ partners.org. The deadline for applications is July 15.

EAP training
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer training courses for managers and supervisors regarding the use of the EAP as a resource to assist with behavioral and mental health and substance abuse concerns. The next training session will be July 22, from noon to 1:30 pm, in the Sweet Conference Room in Gray/Bigelow 4. Additional sessions will be held Sept. 7 and Nov. 2. To register, call (617) 726-6976.

Summer days of fun
The MGH Backup Childcare Center will offer Summer Days of Fun, July 6 through Aug. 20, from 7 am to 6 pm. The center welcomes employees' and patients' children ages 15 months to 12 years. The cost is $6 per hour, with a two-hour minimum. The center is located in the Warren Lobby. For reservations and more information, call (617) 724-7100.

Summer picnic
Peter L.. Slavin, MD, president of the MGH, will host a summer picnic, June 29, from 11:30 am to 2 pm under the Bulfinch tent, rain or shine. All MGH employees, staff and volunteers are welcome. A complimentary picnic-style lunch will be served. For evening- and night-shift MGHers, refreshments will be served 10 pm to midnight in the Main Corridor.