Conferences
Internal Medicine Residency Conferences
Conferences occur daily and in several different formats. Morning conferences consist of resident report twice per week, weekly departmental morbidity and mortality conference and weekly Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. The Grand Rounds feature speakers invited by the Chief of Medicine to discuss topics of general interest and importance in the medical education of an internist. The bi-weekly morning resident reports are reserved specifically for junior and senior year trainees and afford residents the opportunity to teach their co-residents through the presentation of clinical questions and interesting cases.
Daily noon conferences for all house officers include case-based discussions, journal club, formal lectures, and "senior talks," given by residents during their senior year. Topics for "senior talks" are chosen by the individual and can focus on any medical or research topic of interest.
On two days each week, the interns have their own noon conferences, with specifically selected cases to ensure that basic didactic and management topics are covered during the first year. These lectures are protected time for interns as their pagers are signed over to their residents during the hour.
Each Friday, interns and residents gather with their Firm Chiefs and Associate Firm Chiefs, in addition to invited subspecialist consultants and teaching attendings, for firm conference, a 1.5 hour conference highlighting the most interesting cases from the general wards teams.
In addition, afternoon conferences are held four days per week for house officers on general ward rotations. These conferences are led by selected attendings, comprised of general internists and subspecialists, who are assigned monthly to each ward team for the primary purpose of teaching. Cardiology, critical care, and oncology rotations frequently hold their own teaching conferences for rotating house officers. Interns and residents may also attend the weekly conferences of the various subspecialty divisions according to their interest.
A typical week of conferences looks like this:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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7:30-8:30am Resident Morning Report |
8:00-9:00am Morbidity and Mortality |
7:30-8:30am Resident Morning Report |
8:00-9:00am Grand Rounds |
8:00-9:00am General Medicine Grand Rounds |
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12:00-1:00pm Ambulatory Care Conference |
12:00-1:00pm Intern Report and Resident report |
12:00-1:00pm Special weekly combined Intern/Resident lecture |
12:00-1:00pm Residents have Journal club Interns have Intern Report |
11:00am-12:15pm Firm Conference |
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3:00-4:00pm Teaching Attending Rounds |
3:00-4:00pm Teaching Attending Rounds |
3:00-4:00pm Teaching Attending Rounds |
3:00-4:00pm |
Conferences Core Curriculum
The Ambulatory Care Conference is a weekly lecture series focusing on topics pertinent to the practice of outpatient medicine. Discussion centers on concepts and understanding of disease management, and treatment options. Speakers include general internal medicine faculty as well as various BIDMC subspecialists.
The ambulatory didactic conference provides a foundation of core concepts relevant to the practice of general internal medicine and includes topics in medical orthopedics, women's health, geriatrics, and complementary medicine, to name but just a few.
The preventive medicine series focuses on principles of maintaining health and preventing disease, disability, and death. The basic components of the preventive medicine series include biostatistical principles and methodology; epidemiological principles; recognition and control of environmental and occupational hazards; social, cultural, and behavioral factors in medicine; and application of preventive principles and outcome measures in clinical practice. Conferences are interactive and include a critical appraisal of the literature as well as analysis of the utility of screening for specific disease entities.
The Behavioral Medicine Series teaches internists about common behavioral health disorders. Emphasis is placed on learning methods of behavior modification, risk assessment, and risk modification. In addition, medical conditions and problems that raise attitudinal or difficult feelings for providers are presented and explored.
The Brief Clinical Review Series addresses common clinical issues in an evidence-based fashion.
The HCA Journal Club Curriculum promotes evidence-based medicine and critical literature review in the resident's practice. The objective of the program is to study how clinical questions (such as diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment) are answered by solid scientific research involving populations or groups of patients. Participants learn to assess the validity of published evidence by understanding basic clinical research strategies, such as study design and statistical measurement, as well as gaining critical literature appraisal skills.
Conferences Core Curriculum Supplements
The resident-led conference series allows residents the opportunity to share their learning experiences in ambulatory medicine with their colleagues while developing their teaching skills. A designated resident chooses a topic from his/her assigned ambulatory elective to present at this conference.
Post-Practice Conference takes place twice a week for residents while they are on their outpatient block rotation. It is led by the Primary Care Chief Resident and the attending of the month and includes a case-based approach to common problems in the outpatient setting.
This series provides residents interested in entering the field of primary care medicine the opportunity to receive guidance, information, and advice on how to approach and manage their own job search.