Educational Conferences

Our program takes pride in its rich tradition of teaching, whether from the bedside to the classroom or from the medical student to the senior faculty. Here, the focus on scientific principles and the pathophysiology of disease leads to a future of excellence as a clinician, physician-scientist, or both.
Weekly Lecture Schedules

Ambulatory Care Morning Report – A weekly case-based conference with an online curriculum covering important ambulatory topics led by general medicine faculty.

Clinicopathologic Conference – A bimonthly case-based conference led by faculty experts from Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Radiology.

Intern Chart Conference – Exclusive to interns, this weekly conference is led at UT Southwestern by Dr. Daniel Foster, a former chairman; at UHSP by Dr. Jonathan Weissler, and at DVAMC by Dr. Daniel Goodenberger, and focuses on the art of differential diagnosis. Resident Chart Conference with Dr. Jonathan Weissler is held once a week at UHSP.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds – A weekly lecture series wherein experts from both within and without UT Southwestern discuss a broad range of topics.

Journal Club – A weekly in-depth analysis and critical appraisal of important articles in various fields with teaching from experts in clinical research and evidence-based medicine.

Medicine Core Lecture Series – A weekly conference of topics from all disciplines of internal medicine and other subspecialties.

Morbidity and Mortality – A constructive survey and discussion of cases associated with adverse outcomes with a review of strategies for clinical practice improvement.

Morning Report – Exclusive to PGY-2 and PGY-3’s, this daily conference is led by our current chairman Dr. David Johnson and other rotating senior attendings. Cases admitted the night prior are discussed with a focus on disease pathophysiology and patient management.

Potpourri – Unique to UT Southwestern and a housestaff favorite, this weekly conference comprises residents presenting recent interesting cases. Each patient is presented as an unknown to audience members- the faculty, students, and interns help make the diagnosis!

Resident Update Conference – Each second year resident presents a recent literature review on a clinical topic of interest, usually arising from a personal patient interaction.

Curriculum by Year

PGY1

PGY2

PGY3