Educational Experiences

Didactics

Tuesday afternoons are protected for inpatient didactics which provides a diverse and comprehensive curriculum for a solid foundation in medicine. Talks include subspecialist lectures on core topics, humanism in medicine, and medical jeopardy, with additional sessions dedicated to receiving resident feedback
Every Wednesday we have a protected 1 hour conference dedicated to helping our interns transition into residency and build skills essential to success in residency. These interactive sessions include clinical reasoning cross coverage simulations, focused lectures, and developing time management and documentation skills
Weekly Grand Rounds are given by esteemed guests on varied pertinent and practice-changing topics, such as AI in healthcare

While medicine is learned by clinical practice, we also place importance on helping our residents’ board exam success. We have weekly board preparation sessions which focus on
both high yield topics as well as approach to questions. In addition we have monthly topic-based lecture series lead by our subspecialists, focused on board-essential information

Our M&M conference serves as an opportunity to analyze a case which could have gone better, identify underlying the system issues, and find process improvements to improve patient care
Monthly Journal Club serves as a time for residents to highlight and discuss important updates and advancement in medical care, facilitated by a core faculty member
Clinical Pathologic Case conferences highlight interesting and complex patient cases that involve an interdisciplinary team and novel approach to diagnosis and management

Built into each ambulatory block is a separate curriculum focused on appropriate care in the outpatient setting. Topics include management of chronic conditions, the latest screening recommendations, and high-value low cost care.
Additionally, residents are trained in quality improvement. Residents design their own QI project and have the opportunity to enact this in clinic, making a difference in their patients’ care

These enable our residents to focus on management of acute/urgent patient conditions, practice communication skills in difficult conversations, and build procedural skills

In order to build confidence in managing rapid responses, our residents shadow our proficient RRT APNs in handling acute inpatient calls