Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Fellowship Program:
Department of Pediatrics
Education
Pediatric Fellows Core Curriculum Seminars
Weekly departmental fellow seminars provide opportunities to enhance professional development, explore research options, and advance teaching skills. Our fellows have the opportunity to interact with other pediatric faculty and fellows during these conferences. They have a chance to present their research to the pediatric department, get feedback, and learn how to evaluate their peers' research projects.
Pediatric Radiology Conference
We meet with our Pediatric radiologists and our Pediatric Surgeons twice weekly to discuss most recent imaging studies on the Pediatric GI patients.
Pediatric Surgery Conference
This weekly conference gives the fellows the opportunity to interact with Pediatric Surgery staff and residents. Pediatric GI patients that have surgical issues are discussed during these meetings.
Pediatric GI Fellows Teaching Seminars
These weekly seminars include a variety of teaching sessions on a rotating basis. We discuss the core curriculum Pediatric GI topics, clinical case conferences once a month, and journal club articles once or twice a month. We also have special sessions such as interpretation of GI testing and conference review such as Digestive Disease Week. We review the Pediatric GI tests such as manometry, breath hydrogen testing, esophageal pH and impedance testing. These are practical sessions that allow the fellows to see the equipment, learn the technical aspects and evaluate actual patient studies.
Our core curriculum seminars repeat every 18 months, which allow the fellows to listen to these important topics twice during their entire fellowship. Clinical case conferences are chosen from patients seen as an outpatient or inpatient that had an interesting or difficult diagnosis or had a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. In the Journal Club, we choose the topics to discuss state of the art or cutting edge articles to stay up to date with clinical pediatric GI topics.
Pathology Conference
This weekly conference is run by Drs. Frank Mitros and Chris Jensen from Pathology. The conference is attended by Pathology staff and residents, as well as Internal Medicine Gastroenterology staff and fellows. The pathology slides are discussed as unknowns. After a pathological diagnosis is reached, patients are briefly presented and a clinicopathological correlation is made. First year fellows review the slides the day before and interpret them with the faculty during these conferences.
We expect our fellows to attend the conferences listed above. Fellows are encouraged, although not obligated to attend the Pediatric Department Teaching Sessions.
A typical weekly work and teaching schedule is outlined below:
Typical weekly schedule
MONDAY
| 8:30-9:00 |
Inpatient Rounds |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Outpatient Clinic |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Pediatric GI Fellows Teaching Seminars |
| 14:00-17:00 |
Procedures |
TUESDAY
| 8:00-8:30 |
Pediatric Radiology Conference |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Inpatient Rounds |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Outpatient Clinic |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Pediatric Surgery Conference |
| 13:00-17:00 |
Procedures |
WEDNESDAY
| 8:30-9:00 |
Inpatient Rounds |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Outpatient Clinic |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Pediatric Fellows Core Curriculum Seminars |
| 13:00-17:00 |
Procedures |
THURSDAY
| 8:00-8:30 |
Pediatric Radiology Conference |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Inpatient Rounds |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Outpatient Clinic |
| 13:00-17:00 |
Procedures |
FRIDAY
| 8:00-9:00 |
Pathology Conference |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Inpatient Rounds |
| 10:00-12:00 |
Outpatient Clinic |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Pediatric Grand Rounds |
| 14:00-17:00 |
Procedures |
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