Didactic Conferences

 
Med Peds Conferences:

• Med Peds Ambulatory Care Conferences are held weekly on Thursday afternoons for 30 minutes prior to the beginning of patient care duties at the combined med peds continuity clinics.  Conferences are prepared and led by the med peds residents and continuity clinic preceptors and are designed to critically review a multitude of topics related to ambulatory internal medicine and pediatrics.  Each resident will present 3-4 topics over the course of each academic year.  All presentations are posted on the combined training program curriculum website (e-value) for local and indefinite access by all residents.  Teleconferencing capabilities at the two sites allow all residents to participate in each Thursday afternoon conference regardless of where the lecture is being delivered.
• Med Peds Journal Club is held monthly and focuses on the critical appraisal of the adult and pediatric literature.  Journal clubs are held at resident’s homes and are led by the residents in a fun, interactive fashion that incorporates the feedback and insight of the med peds faculty. 

 Internal Medicine Conferences:

• Morning Report is an outstanding learning opportunity. When on internal medicine services, all ward PGY 1, 2, 3, and 4 residents are expected to attend morning report which is held daily except Thursdays.
• Grand Rounds is held every Thursday and features a variety of local, national and internationally acclaimed speakers.
• Noon Conference is held daily and covers a variety of topics specific to inpatient and outpatient medicine, in addition to bioethical issues which infiltrate daily practice. Lunch is provided. 
• Morbidity and Mortality Conference is held monthly at all medicine teaching hospitals.
• Journal Club meetings are also held regularly throughout the year and engage residents in discussions of current literature and it’s applicability to their current practice.  

Pediatric Conferences:

• Morning Report is held daily except Tuesdays and Thursdays when attendance is focused on Research in Progress conference and Grand Rounds, respectively.
• Morbidity and Mortality conference is the first Monday of each month throughout the academic year and is presented by the house-staff and chief medical residents with adjunctive participation of the faculty.
• Noon Conference is an excellent learning opportunity and is held daily for all pediatrics and med peds residents with lunch provided. This conference features lectures by general pediatric and subspecialty faculty, interesting case conferences presented by fellow residents and senior lectures prepared by pediatric PGY 3 and med peds PGY 4 residents.
• Journal Club meetings are also held regularly throughout the year and engage residents in discussions of current literature and it’s applicability to their current practice.
• Intern Lecture Series is held weekly on Friday during the academic year for the interns in the pediatrics and med peds programs.  The lectures are given by members of the intern class, key faculty and chief pediatric residents and focus on topics of high yield for new pediatric physicians.