
Tuesday Clinical Conferences
The Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
holds a weekly Clinical Conference covering most major
topics in the subspecialty at least once over a two-year period. Speakers include faculty from the Division,
fellowship trainees, and guest speakers who review
their areas of clinical expertise. Clinical cases
are often used as a lead-in to in depth reviews on
clinical presentation, diagnosis, and therapy as well
as new developments in the genetic, molecular and
cellular understanding of the pathogenesis of endocrine
disorders. Once a month, this conference is organized
and run by the current Metabolism, Endocrinology &
Diabetes Consult fellow, and is devoted to the review
of interesting patients recently evaluated by the
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Consultation
Service.
Fellows Conferences
This conference is a weekly conference held on Thursdays, September through May. The fellows and/or the speaker select the topic for the conference. The senior fellow(s) assumes the responsibility of recruiting and scheduling faculty members to lead the discussion and provide educational oversight. Please contact 615-6964 for more information, or consult the current schedule [PDF].
Thursday Research Conferences
The Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Division Research Conferences are held Thursdays during the academic year from 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm. Trainees are expected to attend and actively participate in the weekly the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference. A wide range of topics in molecular and cellular research, organ physiology, and clinical research are covered each year. Speakers include the faculty and staff of the Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Division, University of Michigan researchers performing endocrinology-related work, and invited outside speakers. Trainees typically present their individual research projects formally to the Division when their projects have progressed substantially. Please contact 763-3056 for more information, or consult the current schedule [PDF].
Friday Clinical Conferences
The Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
holds a weekly
Clinical Conference covering topics of interest in
endocrinology. It is held every Friday from 1:30 -
2:30 p.m. Speakers include faculty from the Division,
fellowship trainees, and guest speakers. Clinical
cases are often used as a springboard for discussions of endocrine disorders, including patient
care issues and reviews of the current research. Once a month, the
conference is run by the Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Consult
team, and is
devoted to the reviewing interesting patients seen
on the Consult Service. The Friday Clinical Conference offers 1.0
hour of CME credit. Please contact 936-8279 for more
information, or consult the current schedule [PDF].
Patient Management Conferences
In addition to the weekly Clinical Conference, a monthly Patient Management Conference is held. Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes trainees and faculty present patients who are particularly interesting or who present a diagnostic or therapeutic challenge. The fellow currently on the Consultation Service organizes this conference.
Journal Club
One session each month the Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Division Research Conference takes the form of a Journal Club, which the MEND fellows lead on a rotating basis. The fellow chooses a recently published article that relates to important issues in clinical or basic endocrinology. The Fellowship Director approves the choice of article. A copy of the article is sent to all fellows and faculty a week or so, prior to the meeting, so that everyone will have read the article prior to the journal club. The fellow starts the journal club with a review of relevant background literature, and then leads a discussion of the article. This is a second way in which fellows develop communication skills as well as the ability to critically review literature. Depending on the article selected, the journal club discussion may cover a variety of other important issues, such as statistical analyses, ethical concerns, cost containment, etc. All MEND fellows and faculty, as well as other members of our academic community attend these sessions with interest in the topic to be covered. All fellows (and research faculty) present their research once per year, which generally also requires an introductory critical review of the literature. This is a very important experience in terms of developing communication skills.
Endocrine Oncology Tumor Board
In this multidisciplinary clinical
conference, patients seen in clinic are reviewed with
diagnostic and treatment decisions discussed. It is
held after the Endocrine Oncology Clinic every Tuesday
at 11 am on level B1 of the Cancer Center in Room
B1-286. If you wish to have a patient discussed, feel
free to contact the Endocrine Oncology department at 615-2421. Lunch
is provided.
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