Location:
GSM building, second floor, in the DOM conference room; on Wednesdays
the Cardiology lecture is held in Morrisons conference room in
the main hospital (Geriatrics is monthly and is also in Morrisons).
Faculty:
These daily lectures are the major didactic component of our 3-year
IM curricula. With the exception of cardiology (they have 36 lectures),
each IM division is responsible for an 18 lecture series covering
all of their learning objectives. DOM faculty are responsible
for giving up-to-date and interesting lectures. Other non-medicine
specialties give specific lectures (i.e. opthamology).
Schedule:
Each day at noon, except weekends, and holidays. The night float
and rural health residents cannot attend most lectures.
Links
to Curricular Area: This links to all the subspecialty curricula
areas.
Primary
Goals: Noon conference is directed solely to IM resident education:
Teaching
a broad range of IM topics needed to prepare residents for
patient care
Lectures
also cover system based practice topics, patient communication
Resources:
The DOM conference room can accommodate almost every teaching
style needed. On-line patient x-ray tests, labs and other patient
information can be projected.
Method
of Resident Evaluation: PGY 1, 2 and 3 resident’s are required
to attend, but will not be evaluated formally based on this venue.
Method
of Venue Evaluation: Once per year, the resident’s will evaluate
the overall program in general and specifically noon conference.
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Department of Medicine
