Depending on the topic or speaker, a Medical Center Hour may draw a diverse audience of 50 to 200 or more. Audiences typically include health care professionals, faculty and administrators, community residents, and students, faculty, and staff from the undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. Local news media representatives are often present. Programs are videotaped for local cable television broadcast and for use in the Health Sciences Library. Conference topics are broad, thought-provoking, and usually interdisciplinary.
Some programs are lectures while others are debates, multimedia presentations, or performances.
Physicians, nurses, and other licensed health care professionals who attend Medical Center Hour may receive continuing education credit.