Educational programs designed to supplement the clinical training on the wards and ICUs are integral to the residency program. Our goals are to provide a solid foundation in the basic and clinical sciences related to children and to prepare our residents for the certification process of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Conference Descriptions
All-Resident Conference (Emergency Series / Core Curriculum)Weekly/Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, noon to 1 p.m., lunch providedDiscussion led by a staff member. Topics include oral rehydration therapy, diabetes management, death and dying issues, enuresis, neonatal screening, sexual and physical abuse, and a continuing series of seminars on child development, primary care and adolescent issues.
Evidence-Based Medicine Critical Appraisal of Practice Strategies (CAPS)Bimonthly/Wednesday, noon to 1 p.m., lunch providedCritical Appraisal of Practice Strategies (CAPS) is the evidence-based medicine journal club for all residents. Statistics and validity tools are used to help residents conduct effective searches and thus find answers to their clinical questions. Residents will be assigned to evaluate and present an article. Overseen by faculty and chief residents.
Clinical Case ConferenceWeekly/Tuesday, noon to 12:45 p.m.Opportunity for faculty and house staff to learn from recent patient problems. The chief resident draws on the audience for decisions and to identify controversy as well as consensus. Resident who admitted patient to be discussed will present H&P. Mandatory attendance by residents.
Residents Report (Morning Report)Monday through Thursday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.Focus on general, first-contact pediatrics. This daily gathering of the residents promotes leadership by house staff on the wards and builds confidence in their skills. Participants include the pediatric supervisory residents, program director, chairman and chief residents. The information generated by brainstorming supports the authority of the supervisory resident as a resource for other team members. Twice a month on Thursdays, the chairman changes focus to an ethical topic discussion or a professionalism topic discussion with readings prepared by residents.
Chairman's RoundsWeekly/Monday, 12:15 p.m.Rounds with the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. An opportunity for direct interaction in small, patient-oriented sessions with the pediatrician-in-chief provides two-way educational opportunities. The resident benefits from the chairman’s interest in melding scientific advances with clinical problems. The chairman gains firsthand knowledge of the residents.
Grand RoundsWeekly/Friday, 9:15 to 10:30 a.m.Lectures are on a wide range of topics by Washington University faculty and visitors. Attended by many members of the St. Louis pediatric community, including staff pediatricians, full-time faculty, students, house staff, nurses and hospital administrators. Six named lectureships (Hartmann, Dodge, Abelson, Thurston, Strunk and Santiago) provide support for the most sought-after pediatric speakers in the world. Mandatory attendance by residents.
Early Bird RoundsWeekly/Friday, 8 to 9 a.m.Under the direction of the medical staff’s education committee, in collaboration with the hospital’s Department of Physician Services, presentations are conducted on topics of particular relevance for physicians in private practice. About 50 pediatric practitioners attend these programs, which are teleconferenced to physicians in outlying areas.
Chief Resident RoundsWeekly/Monday, noon to 1 p.m., lunch providedFirst-year residents meet with the chief residents to discuss interesting patients and explore diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Many other conferences, not described above, are open to interested house staff. These conferences are devoted to neurology, pediatric research, gastroenterology, pathology, radiology, pediatric infectious disease and tissue committee.
Educational programs designed to supplement the clinical training on the wards and ICUs are integral to the residency program. Our goals are to provide a solid foundation in the basic and clinical sciences related to children and to prepare our residents for the certification process of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Conference Descriptions
All-Resident Conference (Emergency Series / Core Curriculum)Weekly/Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, noon to 1 p.m., lunch providedDiscussion led by a staff member. Topics include oral rehydration therapy, diabetes management, death and dying issues, enuresis, neonatal screening, sexual and physical abuse, and a continuing series of seminars on child development, primary care and adolescent issues.
Evidence-Based Medicine Critical Appraisal of Practice Strategies (CAPS)Bimonthly/Wednesday, noon to 1 p.m., lunch providedCritical Appraisal of Practice Strategies (CAPS) is the evidence-based medicine journal club for all residents. Statistics and validity tools are used to help residents conduct effective searches and thus find answers to their clinical questions. Residents will be assigned to evaluate and present an article. Overseen by faculty and chief residents.
Clinical Case ConferenceWeekly/Tuesday, noon to 12:45 p.m.Opportunity for faculty and house staff to learn from recent patient problems. The chief resident draws on the audience for decisions and to identify controversy as well as consensus. Resident who admitted patient to be discussed will present H&P. Mandatory attendance by residents.
Residents Report (Morning Report)Monday through Thursday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.Focus on general, first-contact pediatrics. This daily gathering of the residents promotes leadership by house staff on the wards and builds confidence in their skills. Participants include the pediatric supervisory residents, program director, chairman and chief residents. The information generated by brainstorming supports the authority of the supervisory resident as a resource for other team members. Twice a month on Thursdays, the chairman changes focus to an ethical topic discussion or a professionalism topic discussion with readings prepared by residents.
Chairman's RoundsWeekly/Monday, 12:15 p.m.Rounds with the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. An opportunity for direct interaction in small, patient-oriented sessions with the pediatrician-in-chief provides two-way educational opportunities. The resident benefits from the chairman’s interest in melding scientific advances with clinical problems. The chairman gains firsthand knowledge of the residents.
Grand RoundsWeekly/Friday, 9:15 to 10:30 a.m.Lectures are on a wide range of topics by Washington University faculty and visitors. Attended by many members of the St. Louis pediatric community, including staff pediatricians, full-time faculty, students, house staff, nurses and hospital administrators. Six named lectureships (Hartmann, Dodge, Abelson, Thurston, Strunk and Santiago) provide support for the most sought-after pediatric speakers in the world. Mandatory attendance by residents.
Early Bird RoundsWeekly/Friday, 8 to 9 a.m.Under the direction of the medical staff’s education committee, in collaboration with the hospital’s Department of Physician Services, presentations are conducted on topics of particular relevance for physicians in private practice. About 50 pediatric practitioners attend these programs, which are teleconferenced to physicians in outlying areas.
Chief Resident RoundsWeekly/Monday, noon to 1 p.m., lunch providedFirst-year residents meet with the chief residents to discuss interesting patients and explore diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Many other conferences, not described above, are open to interested house staff. These conferences are devoted to neurology, pediatric research, gastroenterology, pathology, radiology, pediatric infectious disease and tissue committee.