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Below are brief descriptions of the daily educational opportunities that have been built into the residency. This collection of case presentations, conferences and lectures work in tandem to supplement and augment the learning that occurs through patient care. While this list is relatively comprehensive it is certainly not exhaustive and residents can always avail themselves of the multiple educational opportunities within Harvard, Boston University and the city of Boston.
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| Core conference with free lunch |
- CHB General Pediatrics Teaching Conferences. These daily conferences are held before work rounds on the intern and junior resident inpatient services at Children's Hospital. The conference time is protected so that learning can occur uninterrupted and is given in an interactive, small group format. Conferences are for all residents on inpatient, non-subspecialty pediatrics rotations with a revolving schedule of topics, to ensure each resident is exposed to a wide breadth of content over the year. The curriculum has been developed to provide the resident with a nuanced understanding of the pathophysiology and management of the diseases they will encounter as a general pediatrician.
- BMC Morning Report. Morning report at BMC occurs daily, highlighting interesting cases and teaching topics from the wards, emergency department, NICU or PICU as well as patients encountered in international settings. A focus on differential diagnosis, management and treatment are discussed in a setting where residents can draw from the experiences and knowledge of the many senior faculty who attend. All residents are invited.
- Senior Rounds. This daily conference is perennially one of the highest rated educational experiences at the BCRP. A chief or senior resident is charged with presenting a recently admitted patient with an interesting or unknown diagnosis. A discussion between the residents and senior faculty follows, with a focus on differential diagnosis, management and prognosis. Faculty from different specialties attend on different days, and are invited at the beginning of the year by the senior residents (considered a true honor by faculty).
- Core Conferences. This is a lunch time seminar series focused on general pediatrics that is offered to all residents at both Children's Hospital and the Boston Medical Center. The sessions emphasize the principles of general pediatrics and are given by the relevant experts at each institution. There is an overarching curriculum that spans the entire year. Lunch is provided at both institutions for these conferences.
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| Intern rounds. Better like pizza in this program |
- Primary Care Seminar. This conference occurs once a month for Urban Health and Advocacy track residents in the PL-2 and PL-3 years. These residents have coverage to spend the afternoon together with faculty at BMC. The curriculum is planned by residents, and includes topics such as a monthly journal club, behavioral pediatrics, primary care orthopedic and splinting workshops, ophthalmology and otolaryngology skills sessions and many others.
- Intern Rounds and Junior Rounds. Separate weekly noon conferences for interns and juniors at Children's Hospital that focus on case-based learning and are moderated by a chief resident. Emphasis is placed on general pediatrics clinical decision making.
- Medical Grand Rounds. Weekly Grand Rounds at both institutions provide exposure to leading clinicians and researchers providing cutting-edge information about their areas of expertise. Grand rounds features topics from multiple areas of medicine including clinical topics, basic science research, international health, and public policy.
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| Mini-Grand Rounds are run by residents |
- Mini-Grand Rounds. This weekly seminar/discussion rounds at Children's Hospital rotates among the clinical services and focuses on a current or recently discharged patient chosen to illustrate a specific topic. The conference is organized and run by the residents and fellows assigned to the service. They recruit faculty presenters, present themselves, and engage an audience of residents, fellows and faculty in a discussion around patient management.
- Case of the Week. This weekly presentation at Boston Medical Center is organized and moderated by the senior residents rotating in the PICU, the NICU and the Ward. The cases are current or recently discharged patients chosen to illustrate specific topics. The resident selects the case and works with a subspecialty faculty member(s) to develop the conference. The presentation is attended by all the residents rotating at BMC and the pediatric faculty.
- Intern Report. At this new, Friday morning conference, one of the interns presents a case with the support of a chief resident. The conference is lead by an intern and supervised by a chief resident or faculty member. It is an interactive discussion with the audience, who are in charge of eliciting key features of the history and physical, generating a differential diagnosis and suggesting management options. The presenting intern leads the discussion and is encouraged to research and discuss some of the pertinent literature about the case.
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