We believe that participating in development opportunities are essential to keeping all members of the Ragon community engaged with the Institute. The Ragon HR department is committed to assisting Ragon employees with professional growth and training opportunities.
This contains multiple venues of development opportunities for various communities at the Ragon. While we have attempted to categorize and provide descriptions for each, we realize there is a lot available and it may be hard to navigate, so please reach out to us with any questions you may have!
Performance reviews, which are important part of development, are covered on the Retention page.
Annual Training from MGB (All community members)
Annual training typically runs from December to April and is intended to keep our community members up to date on Mass General Brigham’s policies and procedures so that everyone has the information they need to safely perform their work. While these regulatory courses are required, Mass General Brigham also believes that educating everyone on important topics is the right thing to do for their safety and development.
Training courses are assigned to segments of the workforce based on specific criteria and will be available in an individual’s assigned courses in Healthstream.
Development Resources
MGB – Office of Continuing Professional Development (All community members)
The Office of Continuing Professional Development provides team-oriented, evidence-based educational activities that are designed to improve clinical practice, clinical decision-making, quality patient outcomes and safety, and advance professional development. The office has a range of courses for individuals to take online.
MGB People and Organization Development Department (All community members)
The People and Organization Development department leverages data-driven methods and practical tools to inspire growth, well-being, and performance at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
They offer a variety of virtual, instructor-led classes that are held monthly. In addition, they have created this catalog of quick and straightforward learning sessions providing managers and employees with just-in-time support and resources for leading and excelling through change. Resources include:
- Live recorded content as short as 30 minutes.
- Supplemental worksheets, guides, and checklists.
MGB Workforce Development (All community members)
Mass General Brigham Workforce Development (WFD), a division of Human Resources and Community Health, is committed to ensuring a highly qualified and diverse pipeline of health care professionals, while providing economic opportunity within the communities we serve. WFD assists staff, management and leadership with program development, planning and funding procurement. WFD strives to create career pipelines and pathways for youth, community residents and current employees with the dual goal of providing career and economic opportunity while responding to Mass General Brigham’s need for a highly qualified, diverse workforce.
Workforce Development also provides career/skills growth opportunities for employees through academic and career coaching/navigation and supportive, accessible and affordable college programs offered in partnership with multiple institutions of higher learning. In order to ensure equitable access for all of our colleagues, the WFD team has piloted and sustained multiple, innovative, flexible strategies and partnerships that offer employees the option to access educational opportunities online, on their own time, and at their own pace.
Healthstream (All community members)
While Healthstream serves as the delivery mechanism for trainings MGB requires, there are also many other helpful courses in both their catalog and events calendar, ranging from soft skills (such as giving feedback and conducting one-on-one meetings) to hard skills (such as Microsoft Excel and machinery trainings).
Learn@MGB (All community members)
The Learn@MGB site is another venue for various educational opportunities at MGB, with a catalog of online, classroom, and simulation trainings as well as professional development opportunities and more.
Office of Graduate Medical Education (Graduate students)
The Office of Graduate Medical Education provides support, coordination, oversight, and programming to enhance the quality of residency and fellowship education at Mass General Brigham.
MGH – Center for Faculty Development (Faculty and postdoctoral Research Fellows)
The CFD aims to serve as a center of excellence on career development of our diverse clinical and research faculty and trainees by sharing best practices on mentorship, well-being, and promotion. It offers resources, mentoring, and events targeted at faculty and trainees, both in the clinical and research tracks. Additionally, they offer specific programming for women through the “Allies for Action” program.