Resources for Incoming Trainees

The GME Office will be hosting several institutional orientation sessions to provide flexibility for all GME trainees starting a residency or fellowship program to attend. These sessions provide an important touchpoint for conveying key messages with an opportunity for trainees to come together across specialties and meet hospital leaders.

All interns, residents, and clinical fellows in both accredited and non-accredited training programs are required to attend the hospital orientation.

The sessions are tailored to certain groups as shown below:

• June 16
  • New grads/PGY-1’s (Interns) — IN PERSON at O’Keefe Auditorium
• July 1
  • PGY2(+) Residents and Clinical Fellows — via Zoom
• August 1
  • Interns, Residents, and Fellows* — via Zoom

*These sessions are open to any incoming trainee who was unable to attend the session tailored to their clinical appointment. (GME and Benefits ONLY presentations)

2025 Health Screening and Occupational Health Clearance

All incoming Residents/Fellows must submit documentation to meet the infection control requirements of Mass General Brigham and receive Occupational Health Service (OHS) Medical Clearance prior to the start date of employment. Documents must be emailed to mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org.

Interns/Residents (June start date): Submit your documents no later than April 25, 2025. Submitted documentation will be reviewed and you will be notified when you have satisfied the OHS Health Screening Requirements.

Residents/Clinical Fellows: Submit your documents no later than May 30, 2025. Submitted documentation will be reviewed and you will be emailed notification of your OHS Medical Clearance.

Many Trainees can complete screening virtually, provided that the Health Screening Forms are fully completed and submitted prior to the deadlines, and they meet the immunization and TB requirements.

Required documentation forms

Please submit the forms listed below to Mass General Brigham OHS via email at mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org prior to your health screening visit or the due dates specified above.

Note: Do not send these forms or your immunization records with your Credentialing packet or to your program coordinator.

Please ensure that you complete the following required documentation forms:

1. 2025 Mass General Brigham New Hire Immunization Requirements
2. Mass General Brigham Color Vision Screening
   • Please identify and record your answer on the provided lines.
3. Interactive Occupational Health New Hire Questionnaire
   • Please answer each question.
4. Interactive Respirator & Medical Eval Questionnaire
   • Answer all questions for safe use of a N95 mask.
   • If you have any positive answers on the questionnaire, please provide an explain at the bottom of the page in column 2.

FIT Testing is completed by Environmental Affairs. Contact your program manager for more information.

COVID-19 information

• Two Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations
• One Jansen COVID-19 vaccination OR
• A completed WHO-approved initial COVID-19 vaccine series OR
• One current COVID-19 vaccine establishing an up-to-date status per CDC guidance

Rotating trainees (new and returning)

When all OHS requirements have been met, trainees rotating to one of the institutions listed below may receive a “2025-2026 Health Clearance sticker” for your ID badge. This indicates that staff rotating to other institutions meet OHS Clearance Requirements at:

• Mass General Brigham system: All Mass General Brigham affiliates, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Mass General, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, McLean, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Wentworth Douglass Hospital, and Mass Eye and Ear
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Boston Children’s Hospital
• Beth Israel Lahey Health
• Boston Medical Center
• Tufts Medical Center
• Harvard Medical School

New trainees who have cleared the OHS requirements and returning residents and fellows needing a Rotator Sticker may email mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org. Please indicate that you need a Rotating Sticker. An OHS staff member will review your record and respond to your email within 2 business days.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What Tuberculosis Testing will be accepted?
A: Either a 2 Step TB skin test or an IGRA (QFT or T-Spot) blood test is accepted. The IGRA must be within 3 months of the date of screening. The 2-step TB skin testing is documentation of 2 negative TB tests within the year prior to your start date. The second TB test needs to be within 3 months of start date or at the start/screening date and at least 7 days after the first test.

Q: My school/hospital will only do one TB test per year so how can I meet the requirement?
A: If you are not able to complete 2-step testing prior to your arrival, a TST will be done at your Mass General Brigham OHS visit. 

If you have any additional questions, please email mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org.

MGH requires completion of online training modules for all incoming employees. These can be found at Mass General Brigham HealthStream. In order to access the modules on this site, a trainee must have a hospital login which will be provided by the training program coordinator.

• Photo ID submission guidelines
• Interactive respirator and medical eval questionnaire 
• Respirator fit testing
• Onboarding stakeholders contact information
• MGH PC Orientation meeting materials (login required)
• MGH I-9 processing (completed in person with a Human Resources representative)

The GME Office will be hosting several institutional orientation sessions to provide flexibility for all GME trainees starting a residency or fellowship program to attend. These sessions provide an important touchpoint for conveying key messages with an opportunity for trainees to come together across specialties and meet hospital leaders.

All interns, residents and clinical fellows in both accredited and non-accredited training programs are required to attend the hospital orientation.

The sessions are tailored to certain groups as shown below:

• June 17
  • New grads/PGY-1’s (Interns) — IN PERSON at Bornstein Amphitheater
• July 1
  • PGY2(+) Residents and Clinical Fellows — via Zoom
• August 1
  • Intern, Residents, and Clinical Fellows* — via Zoom

*This session is open to any incoming trainee who was unable to attend the session tailored to their clinical appointment. (GME and Benefits ONLY presentations)

2025 Health Screening and Occupational Health Clearance

All incoming Residents/Fellows must submit documentation to meet the infection control requirements of Mass General Brigham and receive Occupational Health Service (OHS) Medical Clearance prior to the start date of employment. Documents must be emailed to mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org.

Interns/Residents (June start date): Submit your documents no later than April 25, 2025. Submitted documentation will be reviewed and you will be notified when you have satisfied the OHS Health Screening Requirements.

Residents/Clinical Fellows: Submit your documents no later than May 30, 2025. Submitted documentation will be reviewed and you will be emailed notification of your OHS Medical Clearance.

Many Trainees can complete screening virtually, provided that the Health Screening Forms are fully completed and submitted prior to the deadlines, and they meet the immunization and TB requirements.

Required documentation forms

Please submit the forms listed below to Mass General Brigham OHS via email at mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org prior to your health screening visit or the due dates specified above.

Note: Do not send these forms or your immunization records with your Credentialing packet or to your program coordinator.

Please ensure that you complete the following required documentation forms:

1. 2025 Mass General Brigham New Hire Immunization Requirements
2. Mass General Brigham Color Vision Screening
   • Please identify and record your answer on the provided lines.
3. Interactive Occupational Health New Hire Questionnaire
   • Please answer each question.
4. Interactive Respirator & Medical Eval Questionnaire
   • Answer all questions for safe use of a N95 mask.
   • If you have any positive answers on the questionnaire, please provide an explain at the bottom of the page in column 2.

FIT Testing is completed by Environmental Affairs. Contact your program manager for more information.

COVID-19 information

• Two Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations
• One Jansen COVID-19 vaccination OR
• A completed WHO-approved initial COVID-19 vaccine series OR
• One current COVID-19 vaccine establishing an up-to-date status per CDC guidance

Rotating trainees (new and returning)

When all OHS requirements have been met, trainees rotating to one of the institutions listed below may receive a “2025-2026 Health Clearance sticker” for your ID badge. This indicates that staff rotating to other institutions meet OHS Clearance Requirements at:

• Mass General Brigham system: All Mass General Brigham affiliates, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Mass General, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, McLean, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Wentworth Douglass Hospital, and Mass Eye and Ear
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Boston Children’s Hospital
• Beth Israel Lahey Health
• Boston Medical Center
• Tufts Medical Center
• Harvard Medical School

New trainees who have cleared the OHS requirements and returning residents and fellows needing a Rotator Sticker may email mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org. Please indicate that you need a Rotating Sticker. An OHS staff member will review your record and respond to your email within 2 business days.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What Tuberculosis Testing will be accepted?
A: Either a 2 Step TB skin test or an IGRA (QFT or T-Spot) blood test is accepted. The IGRA must be within 3 months of the date of screening. The 2-step TB skin testing is documentation of 2 negative TB tests within the year prior to your start date. The second TB test needs to be within 3 months of start date or at the start/screening date and at least 7 days after the first test.

Q: My school/hospital will only do one TB test per year so how can I meet the requirement?
A: If you are not able to complete 2-step testing prior to your arrival, a TST will be done at your Mass General Brigham OHS visit. 

If you have any additional questions, please email mgb-occhealth-gme@mgb.org.

BWH requires completion of online training modules for all incoming employees. These can be found at BWH HealthStream. To access the modules on this site, a trainee must have a hospital login which will be provided by the training program coordinator.

Photo ID submission guidelines

Given the uncertainty of COVID-19, BWH is offering options to provide your own photo for your ID. Badges will be distributed by each program; trainees will not pick up their badge from the ID office. View the BWH photo ID guidelines

Respirator fit testing

Please reserve an appointment, get dates for Orientation Day Fit Testing Sessions, and find a list of N95 respirator models we provide here at BWH with instructions on how to submit documentation for your current (within one year) fit test. View respirator fit testing information

Other documents

• BWH I-9 processing
• Onboarding stakeholders contact information
• BWH PC Orientation meeting materials (login required)

Note: Pre-employment drug testing has been temporarily suspended until further notice