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A typical day during Memorial University Medical Center inpatient service:

8 a.m. to 9 a.m., morning report (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays) or Grand Rounds (Fridays)
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic (Monday through Friday), or
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., work rounds and inpatient duties and
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., attending rounds
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., lunch conference
1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic (Monday through Thursday), or
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., work rounds and inpatient duties and
3 p.m. to 5 p.m., attending rounds

Educational Conferences

Morning Report

1. Resident driven conferences: Daily meeting held Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. for all house staff and faculty currently on medical wards. This is a resident-driven conference in which one to two cases recently admitted are presented to a teaching faculty member for an in-depth interactive teaching session focusing on differential diagnoses, treatment modalities, and interpretation of laboratory and radiographic data.
   
   
2. Resident career enhancement: A career enhancement program is scheduled monthly. This covers areas such as getting a job, contracts, overhead, healthcare financing, bank loans, disability insurance, setting up an office, promoting a practice, how to get a fellowship, opportunities in clinical research, etc.
   
   
3. Grand Rounds: Conference held weekly on Friday mornings from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the state-of-the-art Medical Education Auditorium with breakfast provided. Distinguished and renowned guest lecturers are invited from all over the country to give a broad spectrum of presentations.
   
   
4. Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Scheduled on the fourth Wednesday of every month, this conference provides a forum where both faculty and residents can examine current cases in an effort to provide continuous quality assessment and improvement.
   

Lunch Teaching

1. Noon conferences: Daily meeting held Monday through Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for all house staff and teaching faculty with lunch provided. There is a three-year revolving curriculum addressing all aspects of internal medicine in preparation for the American Board of Internal Medicine Examination given by sub-specialist and general medicine faculty. The first month of each year, 20 topics pertinent to acute ward medicine are presented, including upper GI bleed, myocardial infarction, CVA, acute respiratory failure, etc.
   
   
2. Evidence-based medicine (Journal Club): Four to five formal evidence-based medicine conferences are scheduled per month. During these conferences, we utilize a Web-based format directly covering the content of the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, and ACP Journal Club. These conferences provide comprehensive coverage of emerging evidence and the format ensures that all are current with the medical literature.
   
   
3. Board review: Weekly board review sessions are scheduled during the month.
   
   
4. Core curriculum: We utilize Cecil's Essentials of Medicine textbook. Specific chapters are covered three days per month during the noon conference. Over three years, we will cover the entire textbook.
   

WebCT: This is a a Web-based board review program that the residents are required to complete monthly. Utilizing a Mercer University test-taking program (WebCT), we provide board review questions each month. These questions will add to the MSKAP board review experience.

Tumor board: Multidisciplinary conference attended by radiation oncology, pathology, hematology/oncology, surgery, and residents on hematology/oncology service, subspecialty clinic service, and consult service. The board discusses interesting oncology cases and upcoming evaluation and treatment plans.

Outpatient internal medicine clinic: Interns and residents spend a half day each week in their own continuity clinic and provide hospital follow-up care to patients seen at Memorial University Medical Center (occurs pre-call day if on medicine wards). Our Center for Internal Medicine clinic opened in 2002. It allows residents to practice medicine in a realistic, private-practice setting.