Mark Your Calendar
BWH Quality Rounds
The BWH Rapid Response System: Updates on 2009 Go Live
Jan. 13, noon to 1 p.m., lunch at 11:45 a.m.
Anesthesia Conference Room, CWN-L1
Presented by Jeffrey Rothschild, MD, BWH physician leader, Rapid Response Team, and Diane R. Lancaster, PhD, RN, director, Quality Management and Improvement, Nursing and Patient Care Services.
Public Speaking: Making Speeches with Confidence
This interactive seminar will enable faculty to develop skills and confidence to prepare and deliver effective speeches. Participants will learn how to control their voice, and eye contact and use effective gestures to connect with their audience.
Jan. 15, noon to 1:30 p.m. at One Brigham Circle, 4th Floor Conference Room 002B, hosted by Center for Faculty Development and Diversity and BWH Public Affairs. For more information, e-mail BWHCFDD@partners.org, call 617 525-7646 or visit www.brighamandwomens.org/CFDD
Notable Books Series at the Countway Library of Medicine
A talk by Robert Martensen, MD, PhD, director, Office of History and Museum, National Institutes of Health, on his newly released book “A Life Worth Living: A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era.”
Jan. 29, 4:30 p.m., HMS Countway Library of Medicine
10th Annual Partners
Physicians Day
Keynote speaker is Jeffrey M. Drazen, “Uncertainty in Medical Outcomes: The Ezetimibe Story,” at the Marriott Copley Hotel, Feb. 7, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit http://clinicalaffairs.partners.org.
Thomson Award Nominations Available
Nominate a colleague for the Thomson Leadership and Scholarship awards, and for the first time ever, for the new Long-Term Achievement Award. Nominations are available in English and Spanish at BWHPikeNotes.org and due March 9. Awardees will be honored at a ceremony June 3.