Our program provides various educational training opportunities, including multidisciplinary conferences, lectures, journal clubs, labs, grand rounds, and more. Our didactic activities are essential for the training and development of safe, competent physicians.
-
Academic Half Day – One afternoon each week for PGY 1 Residents to learn indepth on common internal medicine topics in areas of professionalism, communication skills, medical knowledge, patient care, practice based learning improvement and system-based practice.
-
Ambulatory Didactics – Held before clinic for all residents on ambulatory based rotations. Resident lead discussions on guidelines and ambulatory topics
-
Board Review – Held each Wednesday at noon helps improve medical knowledge for the ABIM exam
-
Business of Medicine – Will be covered on Fridays during Ambulatory and noon conferences.
- Case Based Conference (“Morning Report”) – Four days a week, residents on the inpatient teaching service are required to present an interesting case, educating peer residents, attending physicians, medical students, and others in attendance.
- Grand Rounds – Currently Grand Rounds are held virtually each week but we will evolve to weekly in person events by 2028.
- Journal Club – Held monthly, journal club sessions allow residents to present a recent scholarly article and guide a larger discussion between their peer residents and program faculty.
- Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conferences – These conferences occur monthly over the three years of the program. M&M Conferences are an opportunity for residents and faculty to regularly discuss practice improvement and how to mitigate and address medical errors.
- Simulation Lab – Residents will use the simulation lab at MMC as well as neighboring facilities to learn procedural, communications, teamwork, and patient care skills. Simulation lab training will occur during orientation of the PGY-1 year and throughout the three years until graduation from residency.