Conferences and Didactic Curriculum
The Department of Medicine offers a broad range of educational activities to meet the needs of our learners with a focus on clinical practice and preparation for the ABIM exam (“the boards”).
Residents have the option of using protected time, in addition to vacation, to attend an annual off-site national conference. Funds are available to help cover tuition and travel expenses.
Core curricular elements include:
Inpatient and Outpatient Academic Half Days
Residents on ambulatory and inpatient blocks participate in a protected, interactive half day conference.
Outpatient academic half day is a small group interactive conference focused on core primary care topics, as well as a longitudinal QI curriculum, population health time, and “resident as educator” topics woven into the series.
During inpatient academic half day residents participate collectively in fundamental lectures by subspecialists, academic case conference, journal club, simulation lab sessions, QI curriculum, research series and career planning, as well as breakout sessions designed for every stage of learning. In these sessions the interns learn approaches to common clinical problems and the art and practice of medicine, and the upper year residents attend case-based core lectures and board review.
Academic Case Conference
A case-based discussion in a “morning report” format, led daily by the chief resident along with faculty, to include a discussion of clinical cases with emphasis on hypothesis driven data gathering, clinical reasoning, differential building and evidence-based workup and management decisions on active cases.
Core Lecture Series
A 24-month rolling curriculum of general internal medicine and medicine subspecialty topics are presented by internist and sub-specialists utilizing ABIM Blueprint.
Board Review
Residents are provided with free access to MKSAP during intern year and U-World question bank during graduating year. Senior residents participate in weekly Board Review series during inpatient and outpatient academic half day.
Simulation Curriculum
At our state-of-the-art Virtual Education and Simulation Training Center, residents participate in procedure training, code and rapid response team training, and can also practice patient/team communications and physical exam skills on both simulators and standardized patients.
Resident/Fellow Quality and Safety Journal Club
An institution wide journal club that covers current topics relevant to quality and safety.
Medical Grand Rounds
A one-hour weekly lecture series attended by students, residents, and faculty. Local, national, and international experts present topics of interest for our community of physicians.
Specialty Conferences
A variety of specialty specific conferences available such as Cardiovascular Grand Rounds, Division of Hospital Medicine, Chest, and Infectious Disease.
Teaching Opportunities
ChristianaCare is the largest teaching affiliate of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and is also a branch campus site for the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Residents play a significant role in teaching students at all levels in both inpatient and outpatient settings.