Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND) Conferences

SPECIAL CONFERENCES

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Tuesday Clinical Conference

The Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and 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 and Diabetes Consult fellow, and is devoted to the review of interesting patients recently evaluated by the Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Consultation Service.  

Clinical Conference

The Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes holds a weekly
Clinical Conference covering topics of interest in endocrinology. It is held every Friday from 1:30 - 2:30. 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 and 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.

Patient Management Conference

In addition to the weekly Clinical Conference, a monthly Patient Management Conference is held. Metabolism, Endocrinology and 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.

Research Conference

The Metabolism, Endocrinology and 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 and 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 and 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.

Journal Club

One session each month the Metabolism, Endocrinology and 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.

Fellows Conference

This conference is a weekly conference held on Thursday's, September through May. Fellows and/or the speaker, selects 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.

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