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Scholarly Activity

Scholarly activity begins in the PGY 1 year of all the medicine programs and grows exponentially. The PGY 1 housestaff are required to present a case at least once a month in interns morning report during inpatient rotations. Evidence based medicine is the standard and literature review is expected during case presentations. Interns are also encouraged to present case reports, vignettes, and abstracts at local and/or national American College of Physician meetings. In the PGY 2 year residents are expected to prepare a noon conference with a faculty mentor, and present this at three major affiliate hospitals in the form of the emergency noon conference series to other housestaff. Upper level year residents are required to present daily at morning report while on ward rotations, and are encouraged to continue representing the residency program at local ACP chapter meetings and national meetings. Journal Club presentations are also required of the upper level years and residents are mentored by faculty in how to critically analyze, interpret and formally present current literature. In the PGY 3 year residents are expected to prepare a noon conference with the assistance of a faculty mentor, and present this to their peers at the three major affiliate hospitals during the summer noon conference series. While it is easy for residents to meet the minimum requirement of scholarly activity throughout the residency most residents go above and beyond what is expected, development of residents' leadership and teaching skills is encouraged throughout the three years. After completion of three years our housestaff are well trained in formal presentations, comfortable with critical analysis of the literature and know how to access the most current medical information, and most importantly are comfortable in the role of teaching others these skills.