Residents are relieved from their clinical duties to attend. It may be a Problem-Based Learning seminar, during which a case that residents have had a chance to review is discussed among the group, with a faculty moderator guiding the discussion, or else Chief's Rounds, during which Dr. Wood conducts a didactic session with the residents. For CA-1's, a Basic Principles seminar often takes place during this time, in which a fundamental topic in pharmacology and physiology is reviewed in a case scenario format. The lectures are repeated every three years. Journal Club articles with a common theme are distributed to residents a week before the meetings, and a visiting professor is invited to conduct a discussion of the articles with the residents.
Some clinical divisions maintain their own subspecialty conferences for residents on rotation.
Finally, the department sponsors a number of annual Special Events .