Resident led conferences

[NadineH]

I was wondering if anyone has a good format for resident led conferences. Right now we have a weekly new patient conference in which one resident presents a recent case and then does a formal presentation on the topic (ex. management of N2 NSCLC). Are any programs doing something more interesting/engaging?

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[Reaganite]

Id suggest a formal lecture schedule by disease site (lung 1 month, lymphoma next month, etc.). We tried the strategy you mentioned, but felt that things were a bit disjointed. We switched to a formal schedule, and it really made things nice. I barely studied for inservice or written boards since our lectures were so extensive and well-organized. You can still start off with a case as it isn't hard to pull one that you or your colleagues saw.

 

[NadineH]

Thanks for your reply. We just switched to the disease site format last month, so it's experimental for us (UMDNJ). Great to know that it pays off so well.

 

[deleted4401]

Every resident/program has different views on it. The expectation for ours was that you got all the basic reading (staging/work-up/general management) done on your own time. Conference was to go over papers. So, if we were doing early stage breast/DCIS, we'd go over B06, Milan, B17, B24, a couple other ones with each resident presenting the papers with a written summary, comments, criticisms, and take-home points. During the presentations, an attending may ask general questions about breast cancer/DCIS. This was interdigitated with oral-examinations on that topic on the alternate week, or there would be a separate session for that with one or more residents being examined. Worked for us, had to do a lot on your own, but for a person like me - I could not sit there and passively listen to powerpoint presentations 1-2/week.

I sort of like how the UChicago program and I think Cleveland Clinic did this intensive weekly presentations, where one resident presents a case and another gets skewered about it by the faculty in front of a group. I bet it made the oral exam seem sort of easy.

S