These individuals are responsible for resident scheduling in addition to planning and leading many of the teaching conferences. In addition to frequent spontaneous teaching, many formal teaching settings are available, including weekly Grand Rounds, the Chief Residents' Conference, professors' rounds, subspecialty conferences, weekly case management conferences, daily morning report, and many other regularly scheduled lectures. Each PL-3 organizes and presents one Grand Rounds during the third year. The full schedule of medical and basic science conferences conducted throughout the Medical Center is available to residents as well. Funding is provided for each resident to attend one major pediatric conference during the three years.
Residents keep abreast of current literature in a number of ways.
Journal Club meets monthly at a noon conference or in a faculty member's home for informal discussion of current journal articles. A collection of journals, textbooks, and pertinent journal articles is maintained on the ward for immediate access at all hours. The Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library opened in 1994 and is located adjacent to Vanderbilt University Hospital. This state of the art facility houses 200,000 volumes and 2,000 serials per year. Free photo copying is available on the ward and in the library for pediatric residents.