Conferences and Instruction

The bulk of the conferences are schedules for Friday afternoon. Friday afternoon are dedicated to be didactic time for residents and faculty. During this time care is taken so as to not have scheduled surgeries or clinics of any kind in the department.

Conferences include:

Monthly Grand Rounds:
Guest lecturer from around the world and closer home are invited to provide insight in their areas of interest

Friday Monitor Rounds:
A weekly session with the Chair stressing fetal heart rate interpretation and the prediction of normal and pathophysiology.

Weekly resident didactics:
This was developed to cover the basic educational objectives in the CREOG hand book. The residents present information on different topics under the guidance of a assigned mentor. The information is based on the required educational objectives.

Monthly Journal Club:
Emphasis for this session is placed on reading of a scientific paper. Dr Wiley and Dr Bennett guide this session. Papers are selected and assigned in advance so we can prepared for a constructive discussion

Bimonthly gynecological review:
Purpose of this session is to examine current trends in general obstetrics and gynecology. Topics are generally chosen from the practice bulletins. The discussion is followed by quiz to assess the retention by the attendees.

Case of the month:
This allows us to have a greater insight into a specific topic of interest. We rotate it between, gyn, ob, onc & REI

Monthly caselist review:
Every month caselist entered by the residents are reviewed and few cases are chosen to be presented by the resident, so that we can explore the management decisions made by the team. In addition to the medical management this allows us to explore the team dynamics and system based practice in day to day life of our program

Monthly pathology/radiology conference:
This basic curriculum gives the residents the fundamentals of disease process and variety of ways we can diagnose them. This is led by a faculty from the pathology department and a faculty from radiology.

First Friday Rounds:
A department-wide gathering held in the library the first Friday of the month featuring academic conversation and assorted beverages.