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Academic Conferences
Quality Improvement/Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Conference meets quarterly. Fellows and faculty present difficult management cases, complemented by pertinent literature. Systems and judgment errors are reviewed in a constructive fashion in an effort to continually improve clinical decision-making. Plans are developed to implement new procedures and policies to avoid similar errors and complications in the future. Individual judgment errors are addressed as necessary by the faculty and director of gastroenterology fellowship.
Basic Science/Core Curriculum Lectures
Conference meets at least three times a month. Fellow and faculty members of the division of gastroenterology offer didactic lectures that review major topics important in the gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship training. These include conferences focused upon pathophysiology and disease entities.
Case Conference
Conference meets weekly. Participants include faculty, fellows and nursing staff involved in procedures. The fellows are expected to review a case involving endoscopy and present a video of the endoscopic procedure with discussion of the literature that addresses issues related to management and the endoscopic intervention.
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Conference meets weekly and is the only conference in which all of the internal medicine residents, subspecialty fellows and department of medicine faculty attend. Local, national and internationally recognized faculty members are invited to address the department of medicine. The subjects are varied and the invited speakers are chosen from a variety of disciplines. Following the grand round presentations, the speaker will often interact with resident physicians or subspecialty fellows in a lecture format or on rounds. The division of gastroenterology is expected to have faculty members give at least one grand round presentation annually.
Journal Club
Conference meets monthly. Two fellows and one faculty member are required to select a manuscript from an approved, peer-reviewed journal for presentation and discussion. Each presenter reviews one article at the conference. The presenter is expected to discuss the findings providing a critical review of the study design and application for clinical practice (if appropriate).
Pathology Conference
Conference meets monthly. Fellows and faculty members of the division of gastroenterology and department of pathology review and discuss the cases of individuals who have specimens for review. There are also reviews of normal specimens and teaching sets provided by the department of pathology. Fellows are expected to discuss the case and provide a review of the pertinent literature.
Research Conferences
Conference meets monthly. The conference reviews research concepts, protocol design and statistical review. Fellows and faculty members are also responsible for presenting updates on on-going research, presentations and publications. Participants in the conference critically appraise these research projects. A number of guest speakers with research interests in GI areas will be invited to present as well.
Interdisciplinary conference
Conference meets monthly and covers topics of broad interest such as patient safety, genetics, quality improvement and ethics. Faculty, fellows and guest speakers are invited to participate.
Visiting Scholars, Professors and Investigators Conference
Conferences in which visiting scholars, professors and investigators are present to support the stimulation of new thoughts and ideas among fellows and faculty.
Additional Conferences:
Society and Educational Meetings
Each 2nd and 3rd year fellow attends a minimum of one approved conference annually. The conference can be a national society meeting or educational course approved by the program director. In addition, the fellow may also attend conferences in which they are presenting research.
Examples of society meetings in which GI fellows have participated include:
- American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
- American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
- American Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy (ASGE)
- American Association of the Society of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
- Digestive Disease Week
Examples of educational meetings in which GI fellows have participated include:
- American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Educational Symposiums
- American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Review Course
- American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Postgraduate Course