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Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program
Conferences
1. Pulmonary Grand Rounds: On the first Wednesday evening of the month, the
Division sponsors a city-wide conference where interesting cases from GUH, DCGH,
Walter Reed, Bethesda Naval, and the Practicing Physicians on our Clinical
Faculty are presented on a rotating basis. Fellows are responsible for
presenting cases and reviews of the pertinent literature at these conferences.
The Chief of Pulmonary Pathology from AFIP also participates in this conference
to review pathology slides.
2. Pulmonary Pathology Conference: A pulmonary pathologist reviews biopsy,
surgical and postmortem specimens and clinicoradiological pathological
correlations are discussed. (1/month).
3. Radiology Conference: The principles of chest radiology and the extensive
teaching files of the Department of Radiology and Dr. Edward Tsou are the basis
for this monthly conference for pulmonary fellows and radiology residents.
4. Pulmonary Physiology Conference: A two-semester weekly Physiology course is a
prominent part of the curriculum. The physiological basis of pulmonary function
testing is reviewed first, followed by lectures on respiratory structure,
function and gas exchange. The second semester includes lectures on the pathophysiology of pulmonary diseases. Second- and third-year fellows
participate in the teaching of this course.
5. Journal Club: A luncheon conference twice monthly where all major chest
journals and articles of pulmonary interest in investigative and general
medical-surgical journals are reviewed.
6. Research Conference: A monthly conference where new protocols are reviewed
and critiqued and where investigators have the opportunity to present work in
progress and prepare for presentations at national meetings.
7. Critical Care Lecture Series: Topics in critical care medicine are presented
by faculty, fellows and outside speakers to cover both pulmonary and
non-pulmonary critical care. |
