Board questions with explanations presented by our residents
Tuesday: Overnight Case presentation
Admitting resident from overnight presents their most interesting admission with discussion
on clinical reasoning and decision making
Wednesday: Yale Curriculum (8:00-9:00 AM)
Common outpatient clinical topics reviewed with general internal medicine faculty.
For residents on outpatient clinical rotations and electives
Thursday: Journal Club, Jeopardy, Mock Code,
Journal club consist of a recent journal article being presented and critically appraised
by senior residents (2x per month)
Mock codes are conducted at the VA with various clinical scenarios written by Chief
Residents (1x per month)
Jeopardy on the topic of the month, team against team
Friday: Case of the Week
Presentation of an interesting case with learning objectives by a general medicine
ward team
Noon Conference 12:00-1:00 PM
Daily conferences with traditional lectures from subspecialty faculty
Conferences are arranged into different blocks by specialties including:
General Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Infectious Disease
Hematology/Oncology
Cardiology
Pulmonology
Gastroenterology
Rheumatology
Endocrinology
Dermatology
Medicine Grand Rounds
Once weekly conference with both in house as well as guest lecturers on a variety
of topics within the field of medicine.
Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement
Once monthly presentation of a case by a resident looking to identify systematic shortcomings
that led to poor outcomes/near misses.
Bite Size Teaching (BeaST)
Residents work with faculty to develop a 10 minute high impact, evidence-based, board
relevant topic. A panel of faculty evaluates each speaker, give verbal feedback,
and ultimately, choose a winner
Ultrasound
Ultrasound curriculum consist of both lectures as well as labs occur monthly
Lectures introduce different exams and how to interpret images.
Labs include the use of models as well as standardize patients to help practice exams.
Models can are also used to practice ultrasound guided procedures.
Simulation
State of the art simulation center at the Medical College of Georgia
Monthly simulations of various clinical scenarios that incorporates clinical decision
making in emergent situations
Includes ability to practice various procedures as well
Board Review Course
Daily conferences starting in May for PGY3s
Includes reviewing board review questions with subspecialty faculty
Topics chosen based off of results of In-Training Exam tailored to residents’ strengths
and weaknesses.
