Resident Conferences Overview

  • Journal Club [Monthly]
    Format: Led by a resident. Attended by residents, students, and faculty.
    Discussion: To critically review articles for content, study, design and clinical relevance.
    Goal: To learn to critically review the literature.
  • Grand Rounds [1-2x/Month]
    Format: Didactic Presentation. A topic by faculty or invited guest speaker.
    PGY-4 residents give Grand Rounds presentation prior to graduation.
    Discussion: Lecture focuses on clinical topics with a comprehensive review of the topic.
    Goal: Formal learning.
  • Resident/Faculty Lecture: Didactics [Weekly]
    Format: Lecture led by Residents with faculty input or by Clinical Faculty.
    Discussion: Presentation of major topics in OB/GYN.
    Goal: For residents to learn fundamentals of OB/GYN.
  • Fetal Monitoring Review [Variable Interval]
    Format: Review fetal heart rate tracings. Attended by faculty, residents and students.
    Discussion: To discuss relevance of specific findings of electronic fetal monitoring and to discuss the management of these findings.
  • Morbidity & Mortality [2x/Month]
    Format: Case presentations by residents with faculty attendance.
    Discussion: To discuss selected patient management on the OB and GYN service. Separate
    Obstetric and Gynecologic conferences occur.
    Goal: To critically discuss patient management, determine root cause analysis of event, impart medical knowledge and make recommendations for current and future treatment.
  • Pre-Op Conference [Weekly]
    Format: Case presentations by residents with faculty attendance.
    Discussion: To discuss selected patient management on the OB and GYN service requiring
    operative procedures.
    Goal: To discuss surgical patient management, mitigate risk and make recommendations to care team.
  • Tumor Board [Weekly]

    Format: Multidisciplinary team attended by GYN Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Medical
    Oncology and Pathology.
    Discussion: Case presentation of oncologic cases by resident; discussion of treatment plan and protocols, with review of microscopic findings by the pathologist.
    Goal: For residents to become familiar with gross and microscopic appearances of gynecologic pathology and to have collaboration to guide treatment plans.