CORE LECTURE SERIES

Noon time lectures are given daily and cover the breadth of family medicine, including:

Adolescent Medicine, Dermatology, Ethics, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and its subspecialties, Maternity Care (Obstetrics), Pediatrics, Practice Management, Radiology, Scholarly Activity, Sports Medicine, Surgery and its subspecialties, and Women's Health.

These conferences are presented by the Family Medicine Residency faculty and members of the MacNeal Hospital Medical Staff.

ACUTE CARE LECTURE SERIES
This is a series of lectures given Monday-Wednesday-Friday during the months of July, August and September to prepare interns for clinical situations they may encounter. It also serves as a clinical update for senior residents and faculty.

JOURNAL CLUB
Senior residents lead this biweekly discussion of recent articles. Evidence-based medicine principles are reviewed and reinforced with the assistance of the faculty.

REFLECTION GROUP
The goal of this biweekly conference is to help you understand the patient’s experience of illness while helping you to reflect on your own experience of becoming a family physician.

ANNUAL SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY FORUM
Each of the third year residents present the results of their scholarly activity projects that were completed during their residency.