Internal Medicine Didactics

Internal Medicine Didactics

Several mandatory core conference series have been developed to enhance residency competency:

• Morning Report: Held every weekday morning. The morning report is structured so that 2 or 3 cases are presented as unknowns (by pre-selected residents) and the rest of the residents work through the cases with a faculty facilitator. Literature reviews about some aspects of the case are then provided by the resident presenters. 
• Noon Conferences: Held every weekday afternoon from 12:30PM–1:30PM and emphasize patient care; medical knowledge, practice-based learning and systems-based practice competencies. The curriculum for this conference series revolves around key inpatient internal medicine topics. Senior residents will also be scheduled to give their required scholarly talks during this time slot. Many of the core lectures will be covered in this series.
• Journal Club: monthly, evidence-based conference, scheduled for all residents not assigned to the in-patient services.
• Morbidity and Mortality: Held once a month by senior residents.
• Medicine Grand Rounds: As scheduled. Attendance is required.
• Evening Lecture Series: Takes place every other month at a specified restaurant. Guest Speakers discuss a broad spectrum of various healthcare topics within various scopes of practice. Not necessarily limited to Internal Medicine.
• Mandatory Weekly Multi interdisciplinary team meetings: where every “in house” patient is discussed.
• Monthly Mock Code: Residents run a monthly Mock Code with a nursing educator. There will be a series of simulated cases with the ability to practice intubation, intraosseous lines, Laryngeal mask airway etc.