April 2, 1999
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What's Happening
MGH in the news
In December 1997, a film crew from the ABC News program "20/20" began following
the first-ever clinical pastoral education (CPE) fellows at the MGH. The resulting feature
on spirituality and medicine is scheduled to air on "20/20" April 4 at 9 pm on
ABC (Channel 5 locally).
The CPE program – believed to be the first of its type
in the country – was developed and run by Sister Sheila Hammond and Rev. Mary
Martha Thiel, directors of the MGH Chaplaincy. Two fellows, Mary Kraft, MD, an
anesthesiologist, and Virginia Harlan, LICSW, a social worker at the MGH·Charlestown HealthCare
Center, were sponsored by the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center. The MGH Department of Nursing
awarded two fellowships to Donna McKay, RN, from Ellison 7, and Michael Wilson, RN, from
the Burn Unit.
Take a child to work
Take Our Children to Work Day will take place April 22, 8 am to 3:30 pm, at the MGH.
Adapted from National Take Our Daughters to Work Day, the event is an opportunity for
children ages 9 to 14 to spend a day in the workplace and see women working in
nontraditional roles. Activities include a continental breakfast, a scavenger hunt, tours
of the Eat Street Cafe and kitchen, a fair in the Warren Lobby with interactive booths
about various careers, a radiology presentation, as well as prizes and certificates
awarded at the end of the day. Employees who would like to bring a child should contact
their supervisors and consider the safety, access and appropriateness of having a child in
their work areas. To pre-register, send child's name, age, employee sponsor's name,
department, telephone extension, relationship to child and any special considerations to
Amy Vacchina by e-mail at avacchina@partners.org
or by fax at 6-6989 by April 16. Registration forms also are available at Human Resources
offices on White 14, at 75 Blossom Court and CNY, seventh floor. For information, call
4-7835.
Alcohol screening
Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health will host screenings in support of the first-ever
National Alcohol Screening Day April 8. The free screenings will provide educational
lectures, written self-tests and confidential interviews with a health professional. A
cornerstone of National Alcohol Awareness Month, the screenings are designed to educate
the public about the symptoms of and effective treatments for alcohol problems and to help
individuals struggling with alcohol-use disorders obtain treatment. The screenings will be
held at the following Partners- sponsored sites:
All Saints' Episcopal Church
17 Clark St., Belmont, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
BWH
Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
640 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 4 to 5:30 pm
Faulkner Hospital
1153 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 6 to 8 pm
McLean Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program at Naukaeg
216 Lake Road, Ashburnham, 1 to 3 pm
McLean Hospital
deMarneffe Building, Room 132 115 Mill St., Belmont, 10 am to noon
Salem Hospital
Outpatient Mental Health Center 172 Lafayette St., Salem, 2 to 4 pm
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
125 Nashua St., Boston, 3 to 5 pm
How to Give a Presentation
The Clinical Research Program and the Department of Psychiatry will offer a seminar
entitled "How to Give a Presentation" April 14, 4 to 5:30 pm, in the O'Keeffe
Auditorium. Registration is required. To register, visit www.crnet.mgh.harvard.edu
or call 4-2900.
Complementary medicine series
Women's Health Associates at MGH and the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center will host a series of
free education programs entitled "Complementary Medicine Approaches to Health and
Illness." This series is designed to provide an opportunity for clinicians to learn
more about complementary medicine approaches that can be incorporated successfully into
patient care. The programs examine the scientific evidence of the effects of treatments,
discuss clinical situations in which complementary methods may be employed, and identify
resources within the MGH community. The next program "Medical Aspects of Energy
Healing" will take place April 5, 4 to 5 pm, in the Wellman Conference Room. No
registration is necessary.
Pediatric Service Grand Rounds
A faculty meeting will take place at the next Pediatric Service Grand Rounds, April 6,
noon to 1 pm, in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. The discussion's speakers include James J.
Mongan, MD, president of the MGH; R. Alan Ezekowitz, MBChB, DPhil, chief of Pediatrics;
and Ronald Kleinman, MD, chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology. For more information, call
6-3480.
AMMP presentation about MGH history
The Association of Multicultural Members of Partners (AMMP) will sponsor a lecture,
"A History of the MGH," April 8, noon to 1:30 pm, in the Trustees Room. Paula
O'Connor, MD, of Medicine, will speak. All are welcome, and lunch will be served. For more
information, call 732-5500 ext. 1605 or send e-mail to gthompson@partners.org. |
