Print1) Morning Report:
Morning report is held daily from 7:00-7:30 AM in the House Staff Conference Room (HSR), room W-315. Attendance is required by all internal medicine residents, and all medical students and interns who are currently rotating with the internal medicine service, as well as Pulmonary, Cardiology, and other internal medicine subspecialties. All house staff, students, and attending physicians are invited to attend. A morning Lecture will follow from 7:30-8:30 am. The lectures are scheduled by the chief resident, and all interns are required to present a case study during their medicine rotations. Senior resident present a formal primary care lecture each Tuesday, and board review takes place each Friday with a “Jeopardy” style competition with questions derived from the MedStudy booklets. A monthly toxicology lecture is presented by an attending toxicologist.
2) Noon Lecture:
A lecture presented by an attending physician is scheduled at Noon each weekday by the department of medical education. Noon lectures take place in the HSR and attendance is required by internal medicine residents, and interns and students rotating on medicine services or medicine residents, and interns and students rotating on medicine services or medical subspecialties. All house-staff and attending physicians are welcome to attend. Food is often provided by pharmaceutical representatives.
The AOA requires a sign-in sheet for all attending lectures and morning report. This sign-in sheet will be used to verify attendance at these educational conferences.
Interns and residents will be assigned to present cases and lectures during the year by the Chief Internal Medicine Resident and will be given at least one week notice for their presentation.
Failure to attend morning report, noon lecture, or to prepare assigned presentations will result in the following obligations:
A .Missing morning report or noon lecture two times will result in an extra day of call during a “gap night”. The intern or resident will not be allowed to work any “gap nights” for a one month period unless already scheduled.
B. Failure to fulfill obligation for one presentation results in the same penalty as mentioned in A.
Excused absences are acceptable. Excuses will be determined on an individual basis by Doctor Kowalczyk or Medical Education.
The night interns and residents will be responsible to discuss and inform other interns and residents of admissions and difficult cases from previous night on-call. It is very important to communicate with other interns and residents regarding patient care during night on-call to improve continuity of care.
During a four-week rotation in Internal Medicine, at Morning Report, each intern is required to present an interesting case they participated with. Pertinent x-rays, EKG’s, and a recent review article on the diagnosis or work-up discussed should be included. In order to provide an example of what is expected in a case report, an internal medicine resident will often conduct a case report at the beginning of each four-week rotation as scheduling permits.
Morning reports are also scheduled for non-medicine rotations. Please check with the chief resident or attending prior to starting rotation to determine time and location.
3) IM Book Club:
All internal medicine residents and IM track interns attend Book Club at Noon every Friday in the House Staff Conference Room. The chief resident or his designee will select reading assignments and select other resident to present an overview of the assigned topic.
4) Journal Club:
All internal medicine residents and IM track interns attend Journal Club, which is held monthly at a local restaurant and is sponsored by a pharmaceutical company. The chief resident or his designee will assign articles which will be distributed in advance for presentation and discussion during the dinner.
5) Tumor Board:
Tumor board is organized by the oncology department and is held on Mondays at Noon in the Educational Center. Residents attend Tumor Board once Monday each month in place of a noon lecture. Attendance is mandatory.
6) Statewide Campus System (SCS):
The Michigan State University Statewide Campus System, formerly known as the Consortium of Graduate Medical Education and Training (COGMET) presents its Internal Medicine Education Day several times a year. The education days bring together residents, interns, and students from programs across the state to participate in internal medicine lectures and workshops which often feature nationally known speakers. Clinical duties are excused on these days, however, attendance at SCS lectures is mandatory.
7) Board Review:
A board review course is offered through SCS.