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Family Practice Conference Schedule

Description of Conferences

Core Lecture Series: Presentations covering key medical topics given by family physicians and sub-specialists.

PUF (Progress, Update and Feedback): A time during which all residents and faculty have an opportunity to critique current rotations and their family practice center experience. Residency issues are addressed and recommendations for improvement are collectively developed.

Family Practice Case Conference: Biopsychosocial grand rounds where residents present their most perplexing patients and discuss management issues with their colleagues and faculty.

OB/Gyne, Geriatrics, and Pediatric Conferences: Residents and faculty present these lectures and case studies.

Family Practice Rounds and Ambulatory Care Conference: Residents present case studies of patients they are currently managing either in the inpatient or outpatient setting.

Behavioral Science Conference: Residents explore psychosocial, social, and cultural factors relevant to their practice. These lectures are conducted by the Behavioral Scientist.

Support Groups: Residents discuss their experience in the program and their lives. The Behavioral Scientist facilitates group discussion.

Practice Management: These conferences are geared toward second- and third-year residents, preparing them for contract negotiations, job interviews, and effectively managing a practice.

Journal Club: A time during which clinical evidence, literature, and journals relevant to Family Medicine are analyzed and critiqued.

Board Review: A review of board questions.

Grand Rounds: Disease- and patient-focused presentation that illustrates the multi-dimensional problems encountered in a Family Practice. Typically these presentations would begin with a case report of the patient's illness followed by a brief review of the literature detailing pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. A key component of these talks should be the behavioral and social implications of the condition presented.

M & M: Critical retrospective analysis of ambulatory or inpatient problematic cases or poor outcomes. Presented by residents and faculty.