EVENTS

Thursday, January 11, 2007
REACH Meeting: Neonatal Resuscitation Skills with Project Vietnam
Speaker: Steven Ringer, MD
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Chicopee-Agawam Room

Steven Ringer, Chief of Neonatal Medicine at Brigham and Women's, will be speaking about his work with Project Vietnam (www.projectvietnam.net ), a group started by AAP Calif Chapter 4, but uses volunteers from all over. The group started as a neonatal resuscitation project but now includes maternal care and some surgical projects as well. The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm in the Chicopee-Agawam room with a light dinner.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Ethics Forum: Medical Ethical Abuses Past, Present & Future
Time: 7:30 am
Location: Porter, EOMR

Richard Engelman MD will be presenting a talk entitled: "Medical Ethical Abuses: Past, Present, and Future" at the monthly meeting of the ethics forum on February 20th at 7:30 am in the EOMR of the Porter Bldg.

There are two films being shown, one of which is from the Nuremberg Doctors Trial with film from the Spielberg Library.  The second is a film taken by the Stanford University Department of Psychology to show how it is possible with the best of intentions to still have an experiment create abuse, to think of yourself as a thoughtful scientist, and not to be aware of the implications of your abuse. These films are provocative and may be upsetting to people.

Anyone may attend.  

Coffee will be served.

Baystate is hosting the SoCRA Clinical Research Professional Certification Preparation and Review Course on May 10, 2007 and the Certification Exam on May 11, 2007. 

Baystate Academic Affairs will provide funding for:

• one year of SoCRA membership if you are not already a member

• the Prep & Review Course

• the Certification Exam.

Baystate will also pay for the Prep & Review Course for those who:

• are not yet eligible to sit for the exam

• would like to attend as a “refresher” course.

We are able to bring the course and exam here because we have several coordinators who are eligible to take the exam.  It will likely be several years before we are able to do this again so please take advantage of this opportunity.

Exam applications and more information about SoCRA are available on their website at http://www.socra.org.

Applcations must be submitted by March 1, 2007 to:

Karen Christianson, RN, BSN, CCRP
IRB Integrity/Education Coordinator
Porter 3916
Please contact Karen with questions at 413.794.5714 or Karen.Christianson@bhs.org

(Download the information sheet)