A number of teaching conferences contribute to developing the resident's clinical knowledge and skills. Medical Grand Rounds, held every Wednesday, features faculty and visiting professors from around the country who speak on topics of current interest. Noon conference is held Monday-Friday, and it covers core curriculum topics in internal medicine.
Topics covered also include malpractice risk reduction and ethics.
Monthly morbidity and mortality conference allows residents and faculty to critically review select cases. Weekly autopsy conferences, held in conjunction with the pathology faculty, enable pathologists to review autopsy findings with residents and attending physicians, providing excellent clinical correlation. Daily attending rounds ensures in-depth discussion of patients and their illnesses, with emphasis placed on bedside teaching.