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Morning Report
Morning Report
is an honored tradition, wherein residents and medical students
gather every morning for coffee, donuts, and a recent case presented by
one of the chief residents.
Morning Report is a critical part of the Residency Curriculum,
focusing on deductive reasoning in diagnosis, interpretation of physical exam
and laboratory studies, and generation of a nuanced differential diagnosis.
Participation is encouraged
as a case is presented from chief complaint to final diagnosis. After the
diagnosis is revealed, one of the chief residents gives a short review
of a specific disease, physical exam finding, or lab abnormality.
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| Dr. Scott Davies, our Chief of Medicine, and Dr. David
Williams, the Assistant Chief of Medicine, attend to help offer additional learning points. Morning rounds
on ward services start after morning report to encourage resident attendance. |
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Noon Conference
Noon conference occurs Monday through Friday and are another core part of the teaching curriculum.
Noon conferences vary from Grand Rounds, wherein visiting professors discuss recent areas of innovation and developing research, to Core Curriculum lectures where HCMC faculty review the management of common diseases such as pancreatitis, acute myocardial infarction, or coagulopathies.
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| Additionally, the Noon Conference features a rotating schedule of subspecialty discussions such as Clinical Cardiology, Chest/ID conference, and a monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference highlighting a systems-based approach to medical errors. |
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Ambulatory (Clinic) Conference
During one morning per week (during a non-wards block), residents attend an interactive teaching session focused on outpatient management of common diseases.
These sessions foster teaching skills in senior residents and a collaborative approach to learning. |
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Friday School (Academic Half Day)
Just as ambulatory conference focuses on outpatient management of disease, residents on our ward services participate in our Friday small group sessions focuses on inpatient management.
Modeled on Tulane University's Friday school, each week residents participate in a 2-3 hour teaching case. Residents work together in small groups to answer several questions on a topic, such as dysnatremias or cardiac arrhythmias. At the end of each session, a subspecialist attends to help answer residents' questions and review key learning points.
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