The Internal Medicine residency program takes pride in its strong educational conference series.
The Department of Medicine offers 10 to 15 hours of educational conferences weekly with numerous other subspecialty, clinical and research conferences. Conferences and reports include:
- Board Review 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. Chief Resident led group review of medical knowledge topics and questions to help prepare for the ABIM exam.
- Intern/Resident Academic Half Day 12:15 to 3:15 Friday. Dedicated educational time free of clinical duties (interns sign out their pagers to residents) focusing on high yield topics. Sessions alternate for Interns and Residents with intern sessions concentrated at the start of training. Intern topics include "Intern Boot Camp", simulation center experiences, Intern Report, Community Connections, and more.
- Medical Grand Rounds 8:00 to 9:00 a.m., Friday. Speakers may be invited from other institutions or hail from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth faculty.
- Morbidity Mortality and Improvement Conference 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., Wednesday. A case-based conference widely regarded by the faculty and residents as our most engaging and thought-provoking conference.
- Resident Conference Series 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Thursday. An interactive curriculum focusing on critical thinking, personal and professional development, procedures, high value medical knowledge topics.
- Residents' Morning Report 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Monday through Thursday. The format is case-based with teaching points reviewed at the end. Residents attend during most rotations. The Program Director, Department Chair, and GIM attendings facilitate the learning during this Chief Resident run conference. Morning report combines presentations of resident prepared cases, specific outpatient cases, autopsy conference, and journal club.