A member of the epidemiology faculty attends the journal club sessions to provide instruction and feedback in critical appraisal of the literature. All residents are required to present a journal club, including a critical assessment. The resident must demonstrate a satisfactory command of learned principles at that time. Other methods of instruction include clinical rotations, particularly infectious disease where development of learned principles regularly occurs. Content is covered in additional core conferences and through conferences provided as part of the research curriculum as well.
Attendance is required at core conferences dealing with epidemiology topics.
Periodically the curriculum is evaluated from feedback of trainees informally and formally. Periodic review of curriculum is done by faculty incorporating residents' evaluations.