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The combined program provides extensive educational opportunities for house officers. There are daily teaching conferences in addition to daily work rounds and case-based teaching around patient care.
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| Core conference with free lunch |
- CHB General Pediatrics Teaching Conferences. This daily conference occurs prior to work rounds on the general pediatric services at Children's Hospital, including both intern and junior resident services. Topics include general pediatrics as well as diseases particular to the specific services. Faculty from the relevant services lead the conferences.
- 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 by residents on their international health experiences. Differential diagnosis, management, and treatment are discussed with senior faculty. The discussion is lead by the chief residents. All residents are invited.
- Core Conferences. This is a 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.
- Basic Science Journal Club. In this monthly conference, a resident selects a basic science article that illustrates a fundamental advance and has translational implications. He or she prepares a seminar designed to teach broadly about the topic as well as focus on the article or articles distributed in advance. One or two experts from the Boston area are selected by the presenter and invited to sit in and contribute to the discussion. Examples of recent topics include: derivation of human stem cells from fibroblasts, microRNAs, peptidomimetics, long QT syndrome, use of gene expression in new drug discovery, and the molecular basis of cardiac and GI development.
- Clinical Science Journal Club. Similar to the Basic Science Journal Club, the Clinical Science Journal Club is a monthly conference, moderated by a house officer who selects and presents a clinically based research article with support from specific faculty. He or she prepares a seminar on the topic designed to foster a larger discussion on evidence-based clinical decision making. In addition to discussing the clinical material, each session focuses on a specific biostatistics topic. Examples of recent topics include: use of reticulocyte hemoglobin content to screen for iron-deficiency anemia, developing a clinical decision rule for predicting Lyme meningitis, and the association of intussusception with the rotavirus vaccine.
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| Intern rounds. Better like pizza in this program |
- Primary Care Seminar. This conference occurs once a month for primary care 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.
- Ethics Conference. A monthly seminar moderated by local experts on pertinent pediatric ethical issues that are relevant to pediatric patient care. These conferences often involve reviewing literature related to ethical issues and sometimes include patients and their families. Examples of topics discussed include: withdrawal of care in the NICU, care of the adolescent patient and how to tell patients when you have made a medical error.
- Humanism Curriculum. Developed by one of the senior residents during her career development block, this monthly seminar series for the interns and junior residents focuses on many of the difficult issues that we encounter as physicians. Residents are assigned to a small group and faculty preceptor that they meet throughout the year. The seminars focus on issues such as work-life balance, caring for the dying patient, recognizing and dealing with burnout.
- Intern Rounds and Junior Rounds. Separate weekly conferences for interns or 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.
- Senior Rounds. This daily conference focuses on one or two recently admitted patients, who usually lack a clear diagnosis. The discussion is led by the chief residents and centers on differential diagnosis and treatment. Senior and junior residents attend along with a small group of faculty, different each day, who are chosen by the senior residents.
- 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 the audience in discussion.
- Case of the Week. This weekly presentation at Boston Medical Center is organized and moderated by the senior residents rotating there. 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 Case Conference. At this new, once weekly, morning conference, one of the interns presents a case with the support of a chief resident.
- Other Conferences. Many other clinical and research conferences and seminars are organized by subspecialty medical and surgical services and by basic science groups at both institutions. Housestaff are always welcome.
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7:15 a.m.
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Teaching Conference
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10:00 a.m.
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Senior Rounds
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12:00 p.m.
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Intern Rounds or Humanism Conf
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12:00 p.m.
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Junior Rounds or Humanism Conf
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7:15 a.m.
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Teaching Conference
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10:00 a.m.
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Senior Rounds
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12:00 p.m.
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Core Conference/Basic Science
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7:15 a.m.
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Teaching Conference or Morning Report
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10:00 a.m.
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Senior Rounds
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12:00 p.m.
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Grand Rounds
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7:15 a.m.
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Teaching Conference
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10:00 a.m.
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Senior Rounds
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12:00 p.m.
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Core Conference
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7:15 a.m.
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Intern Case Conference
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10:00 a.m.
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Senior Rounds
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12:00 p.m.
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Mini-Grand Rounds
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9:45 a.m.
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Morning Report
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12:00 p.m.
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Intern Rounds/Leadership Seminar
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9:45 a.m.
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Morning Report
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12:00 p.m.
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Ward Conference
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9:45 a.m.
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Morning Report
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12:00 p.m.
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Core Conference
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8:00 a.m.
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Grand Rounds
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11:00 a.m.
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Morning Report
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12:00 p.m.
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Ward Conference
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8:00 a.m.
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Case of the Week
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11:00 a.m.
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Morning Report
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12:00 p.m.
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Attending Rounds
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