Lectures and Conferences

Core Curriculum Lecture Series

Central to the educational experience at SUNY Upstate at Syracuse is the Core Curriculum lecture Series. Attendance is taken and residents are required to panticipate in a minimum of 60% of the lectures. Lectures occur every weekday (except Thursday) at 12 noon and lunch is served. Topics vary widely from urgent and emergent medical problems in the early academic year (July/August) to a mix of all topics relevant to the ABIM Certifying exam and the RRC requirements. Recurrent monthly lectures include the Program Director's Interactive Case Conference, Morbidity and Mortality Review and Research. The Chief Residents and the Program Director select the lecturers and encourage feedback from the house staff on content and delivery. Some lectures are repeated every year, others are cycled every 2-3 years.

Each Division/Section offers a multitude of lectures and conferences weekly.

Examples include:

• Pulmonary/Critical Care Scientific Sessions
• Hematology/Clinical Pathology Conference
• Rheumatology Conference
• Endocrine, Diabetes and Metabolism Journal Club
• Cardiac Catherization Conference
• Renal Conference
• Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas Center/GI Case Conference
• Geriatrics and Extended Care Conference

Grand Rounds and Additional Department Conferences

The Department of Medicine sponsors a weekly scholarly presentation to the Upstate Medical University community and interested visitors. The presenters may be visiting professors, faculty within the department or from other Upstate departments or a CPC from the Medicine Chief Residents. The State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse designates this continuing medical education activity for 1 credit hour in Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

Chairman's Rounds

Each third year resident is required to present a topic to the Chair of the Department of Medicine, interested faculty, and his/her peers during their third academic year. These are to be of "Grand Rounds" caliber and the topic must be approved by the Director of Educational Programs. The Chief Residents assist with the selection of an appropriate topic and audio-visual needs.

Senior Resident Seminar Series

• Journal Club and critical literature analysis
• Medical Ethics
• Palliative Care
• Medical Decision Making
• Teaching the Resident to Teach
• IMT/Medical Records
• Getting Started in Research/Basic Statistics
• Critical Literature Analysis
• Medicolegal Matters

Attending Rounds

Dedicated clinical faculty are available at all three hospitals. Individuals with a full-time commitment to graduate medical education enables us to maintain an exciting learning experience.

Formal Attending Teaching Rounds are routinely held 3 days per week at University Hospital, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and Crouse Hospital. During Rounds, house staff present cases to the attending, and patient management is assessed. The attending also meets in separate sessions with the students (clinical clerks) several times a week. Patient care issues are reviewed at least daily or as often as necessary.

Each attending physician is responsible for each patient admitted to his/her service and legally becomes the patient's personal physician. In practice, this means that the attending hears the case presentation, examines the patient, writes a note or countersigns a house staff note, and follows the patient daily for the duration of the admission.