Sept.- Oct. Calendar
Clinical and Research Aspects of Bereavement
Wednesday, Sept .7
Jimmy Fund Auditorium, DFCI
12:30 - 5:15 p.m.
The DFCI Center for Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research and HMS Center for Palliative Care sponsor this conference to enhance understanding about bereavement and complicated grief in family members of patients who die as a result of medical illness. Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych, a world-renowned scholar and authority on bereavement, will be the principle speaker.
Register by Aug. 30 by calling 617-582-7859.
Monthly Critical Care Journal Club Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 8
5:15 - 6:15 p.m.
Anesthesia Conference Room
A monthly journal club for reviewing and discussing the best evidence to support critical care practices. All critical staff are invited to participate. This month's topic is Silence Kills: Crucial Conversations. E-mail mpennington@partners.org to join.
'05 Boston Heart Walk
Sept. 17
10 a.m.
Hatch Shell
Charles River Esplanade
If every BWH employee contributed $10 to the American Heart Association's (AHA) Heart Walk, BWH would meet its goal of raising $110,000 for the AHA. BWH has received nearly $6 million in grants from the AHA. To learn how you can participate on one of the BWH-sponsored teams or support a participating coworker, e-mail Debra Rogers, director of Clinical Services, at drogers7@partners.org or visit www.heartwalk.kintera.org/bostonma
Third National Challenges and Opportunities
in Managing High Risk/ Vulnerable
Atherosclerotic Plaque
Sept. 18-19
National Institutes of Health
Natcher Auditorium
Bethesda, MD
Co-sponsored by the CIMIT Innovative Technologies in Cardiovascular Disease Program and the NIH, the conference will bring together individuals from academia, government and industry who have an interest in this topic.
For more information, visit www.cimit.org/itcvd.html
The Genetic Basis of Adult Medicine:
What the Primary Care Provider Needs to Know
Sept. 23-25
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Registration fee is $585 for physicians and $385 for residents,fellows-in-training, allied health professionals and genetic counselors.
Directed by BWH's Richard L. Maas, MD, PhD, and Michael F. Murray, MD, this course is designed to give practicing clinicians an understanding of genetic medicine for adults from faculty who work at the interface between the emerging science and the growing clinical applications. 19.5 CME credits are available. This course specifically designates 3.5 hours of “Risk Management” CME credit. Visit www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/genetic for more information.
National Physician Assistant Day
Oct. 6
6-8 p.m.
PBB Rotunda, 15 Francis St.
All physician assistants and their supervising MDs are invited to a dinner reception to celebrate National PA Day.
Advanced Technologies in the Neurosciences,
Translational Research and Health Policy
Oct. 18-20
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Norton's Woods Conference Center in Cambridge
This Dartmouth Medical School and CIMIT Collaborative conference will address the cross-disciplinary implementation of bringing a scientific idea to clinical usage. The conference is designed for neuroscientists, clinicians, medical school and foundation decision makers, industry representatives involved with devices and pharmaceutical, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, and regional and national health policy specialists. To register, visit www.cimit.org/atns
2005 Partners Responsible Conduct of Research Program
Tuesday, Oct. 20
5-9 p.m., registration begins at 4 p.m.
Bornstein Amphitheater
This program is designed to fulfill the NIH ethics-training requirement for all pre-doctoral and postdoctoral National Research Service Award trainees receiving support from an individual, institutional grant, fellowship or the Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award. Faculty from both BWH and MGH will be presenting case studies designed to instruct individuals beginning their research careers about potential pressures as well as the proper procedures for addressing these situations.To register, e-mail mboule@partners.org
Annual Partners Physician Day
Feb. 11, 2006
Boston Marriott Copley Place