Retreats
Intern Retreat:
Our annual intern retreat takes place in the fall of each year. The retreat takes place in Ashland, Massachusetts, and coverage is arranged for all interns to attend and stay overnight at this incredible facility. Program Directors, Program Coordinators, Chief Residents and Medical Faculty attend the retreat. The focus is on allowing the interns to get to know each other away from the hospital, as well as to interact with faculty and staff. There is a group activity on the first night, workshops the following day, followed by sports activities such as softball, football, basketball or frisbee. The retreat has been a very popular event for interns (with lots of stories to share after the event!).
Junior Resident Leadership Retreat:
There are a lot of expectations when residents transition from intern to junior resident. The resident is expected to be the ward team leader, run work rounds efficiently, manage and teach interns and medical students, interact with attendings, and most importantly provide excellent patient care. Recognizing the need for formal training in teaching and leadership skills, we have designed a course for all junior residents to give hands-on training early in the PGY-2 year.
All juniors are given coverage for this one day retreat in early September, which takes place off-campus at the home of Dr. Sheila Bernard. The workshops are structured to help focus residents on developing skills to manage a work team, the role of the resident is a teacher, and issues in professionalism. This is followed up by separate teaching conferences on-campus covering feedback, evaluation, microskills of teaching and attending interactions. The residents have uniformly enjoyed this practical introduction to the role of the junior resident (and the food is pretty good, too!).
Senior retreat:
Senior residents leave the BMC campus for the day to “look back and move forward.” At our second annual retreat, Senior House officers met at the Boston Museum of Science to look back on the health issues in politics that were active during their period of training, and to project their career development into the future. Residents were addressed by several outstanding figures in the world of health care in New England and were able to interact with former BMC graduates who have subsequently taken diverse career paths. This retreat also provided a welcome venue to celebrate our sense of family as well as our Residents’ professional accomplishments that were garnered over a three-year training period.
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