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In This Issue:

  • December 7 (on the first Friday): Our last dinner of the year and a Christmas Party!
  • February 15-17: Winter Retreat - Registration is now open!
  • Women in Medicine Recording Now Available
  • Blog Highlight: Integrating Spiritual Care Into Palliative Medicine: A Personal Perspective by Tracy Balboni, M.D., M.P.H.
December 7th: Christmas Party!

Take a break from the end of the semester/year crunch! Share in a time of good food and great people! We will be reflecting on our years, playing some games, and more!

Dinner will be provided and free childcare is available. 
Please RSVP by Tuesday, December 4th

When: Friday, December 7th, 6.30-8.30 pm
Where: JBM Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, Harvard Medical School (107 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115)


If you have any recommendations for topics or speakers at future dinners then please respond to this email and let Andrew know. 

RSVP Here
Winter Retreat, February 15-17th

Registration is Now Open!

Come join students, trainees, and professionals in healthcare and research from the Boston area and beyond at Toah Nipi Retreat Center (Rindge, NH) from Friday, February 15th to Sunday, February 17th (Weekend of President's Day).


This year's speaker will be Bill Pearson, PhD. He is an associate professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy at Augusta University Medical College who has over 30 years of experience in medical ministry. He has a history with Boston and helped to found the Longwoood Christian Community. We are excited to hear what he has to share with us! 

The theme for this year's retreat is Picking Up the Pieces of God's Image.

Please register now so that you don't miss out on a weekend of fun, fellowship, and spiritual growth. 
More information and the link for registration can be found on our website - 
http://www.healthcarefellowship.org/winterretreat2019/

 

Women in Medicine Recording

Were you wishing you could be two places at once during last month's BHF dinner? Are you interested in hearing the perspective of three women of faith who work in medicine? 

Have no fear, a recording is here

Check out the BHF Recordings page to listen to what was shared last month and beyond!

Integrating Spiritual Care Into Palliative Medicine: A Personal Perspective
By Tracy Balboni, M.D., M.P.H.


In her recent blog for the Institute for the Conference on Medicine and Religion, Dr Balboni described her progression toward integrating spiritual care into her work in medicine. She shares about how that began for her and how it is actually what most patients are hoping for. Read her full blog to find out more. 
 

You can access it here - http://www.medicineandreligion.com/november-blog---tracy-balboni

If you have information or an event, such as a short term mission opportunity, that you would like to have included on this newsletter, please respond to this email and let us know. 
Thanks for reading!

- The BHF Team






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