Teaching Conferences
Morning Report
Morning report is a major teaching conference, conducted by the Chairman from 8 - 8:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday. During this time interns present cases selected from recent admissions. Each case is then reviewed and discussed among faculty, residents and medical students. This conference offers exposure to general and subspecialty problems as well as those encountered in the intensive care units. Each session concludes with one to two board review questions related to the case being presented; an interactive computerized audience response system is used to facilitate discussion.
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Noon Conference
Resident teaching conferences are held most weekdays at noon in the CMC. These conferences are usually given by one of the faculty; however guest lecturers may also be invited. Noon conference content follows a structured curriculum designed to meet the educational needs of the housestaff. The noon conference schedule also includes a monthly board review session which utilizes an interactive computerized audience response system. Lunch is provided at most noon conferences.
Grand Rounds
Pediatric Grand Rounds are held every Friday from 8-9 a.m. and cover a wide spectrum of topics from updates on clinical issues to research presentations. Grand Rounds are usually presented by a faculty member or a visiting professor and are attended by faculty, housestaff, and medical students. In addition to Grand Rounds, the Pediatric Department sponsors lectureships and special teaching conferences by nationally recognized speakers several times a year.
Case Conference
Each PGY-3 resident is responsible for presenting an interesting pediatric case once during the year at our monthly case conference. Two general pediatricians (one academic faculty member and one community pediatrician) are invited to discuss their differential diagnosis and approach to the patient based on the presentation of the case. The hospital course and diagnosis are then revealed, followed by a brief discussion by an MCG faculty member on the particular disease process. The purpose of the conference is to learn how clinicians apply their clinical reasoning skills in diagnosing patients. It is an informal conference attended by housestaff, community pediatricians, faculty, and medical students.
Pediatric Resident Journal Club
The goal of the Pediatric Resident Journal Club is to gain an appreciation of the importance of biomedical, epidemiological, and health services research to the daily practice of medicine and to understand the fundamental concepts and tools needed to evaluate research described in the medical literature. The journal club is resident-led and meets once a month to discuss an article chosen by the housestaff. Journal club helps illustrate the importance of evidence-based medicine in our practice and is well-attended by faculty as well as residents.
Continuity Clinic Seminars
From 1:00-1:30 prior to starting their Continuity Clinics, residents participate in a small-group seminar led by Dr. David Freeman. These seminars cover a broad range of topics involving issues related to primary care, such as well child care, nutrition, common clinical problems, billing, and office management. The same topic is covered each week so that all residents can participate. The series is designed to cover most major issues of ambulatory pediatrics over a two year period.
Reading Group
During outpatient months, all residents participate in a weekly small reading group designed to encourage and facilitate study for the pediatric board exam. Interns are responsible for choosing a topic from the PREP board study curriculum and presenting a brief one-page handout to the group for discussion.
Aiken Community Experience Morning Conferences
Morning Conferences in Aiken address issues unique to pediatric private practice. To prepare the residents for life after residency, the Aiken attending alternate between informal didactic sessions about common office patient presentations and sessions focusing on literature reviews of new practice guidelines from Pediatrics in Review, Contemporary Pediatrics, and Pediatrics.