Educational Conferences

Our program takes pride in its rich tradition of teaching, whether at the bedside or in the classroom. Here, the focus on scientific principles and the pathophysiology of disease lead to a future of excellence as a clinician, physician-scientist or both.

Ambulatory Care Morning Report – A weekly case-based conference reviewing outpatient medicine topics.

Clinicopathologic Conference – A bi-weekly 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 Case Conference with Dr. Jonathan Weissler is held once a week at UHSP.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds – A weekly lecture series in which experts from both inside and outside UT Southwestern discuss a broad range of topics.

Journal Club – A weekly in-depth analysis critical appraisal of the latest 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 survey of cases associated with adverse outcomes and review of pertinent quality and safety data for the medicine service.

Morning Report – Exclusive to PGY-2 and PGY-3’s, this daily conference is led by our current chairman and other rotating 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 resident presents a recent literature review on a clinical topic of interest, usually based on a patient they cared for.

Curriculum by Year

PGY1

PGY2

PGY3