Events
Winter Formal
Each winter, the House Staff Association organizes a formal dinner and dance for residents, significant others and invited faculty at a variety of venues around Boston such as the Harvard Club, the House of Blues or the Community Rowing Boathouse. All residents are covered from hospital responsibilities during this event, which features events such as the Annual Resident Class Dance Off.
Housestaff Auction & Spring Show
The House Staff Association organizes an auction every Spring in which residents, faculty and community businesses donate anything from cooking lessons, to a weekend at a summer home, Red Sox and Patriots tickets, and a new Vespa. All proceeds go to the Housestaff Association to support residency-wide events throughout the year.
The BCRP houseofficers produce an annual show: a comedy “spoof” of the faculty and vagaries of residency. The show is a long tradition and provides an opportunity for housestaff to showcase their remarkable singing, dancing, instrumental, organizational and comedic talents (or lack thereof).
Theme Dinners
Residency leaders host theme dinners that show off the diversity of backgrounds, geographic origins, and cultures of our residents. Some of the most recent events have included Turkish Night, Caribbean Night, Midwestern Night, and Middle Eastern Night.
Diversity Dinners
Faculty and residents interested in supporting underrepresented minorities in medicine from all backgrounds working at both institutions host and meet at monthly Diversity Dinners at faculty homes or favorite Boston restaurants. These dinners offer opportunities for improved networking, community-building, and socializing.
Chief Family Dinners and Events
Each Chief organizes a quarterly (or more often) dinner or social event for the 25-30 residents in their Chief Family. These dinners and events are excellent opportunities to relax, unwind and enjoy each other’s company in a more intimate setting with residents from each class represented. Recent gatherings have included BBQs, cookie-decorating parties, and game nights.
Other House Staff Events
The House Staff Association sponsors frequent evening get-togethers at restaurants and bars and other locations around Boston.
The residents arrange many other events together including Halloween parties, engagement parties, theme dinners, karaoke nights, ice cream parties, apple picking weekends, bowling parties, dessert parties, and more.
