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CONFERENCES
Morning reports and subspecialty/general medicine conferences
are conducted at both CRMC and VACCHCS. Medicine Grand Rounds is conducted
weekly, mortality
conferences monthly and an EKG course each summer. The weekly UCSF Fresno
Wednesday Lecture Series hosts faculty from UC San Francisco as speakers
in Fresno on various topics. Multi-disciplinary conferences, such as Chest
Conference and Tumor Board occur several times a month.
Monthly evidence-based medicine journal clubs are held at both hospitals.
These conferences are designed to help the resident acquire the skills of
evidence-based medicine using current journal articles. Chief’s rounds with Dr. Michael Peterson,
focusing on physical diagnostic skills and diagnostic reasoning, occur
weekly at both CRMC and VACCHCS. Housestaff are invited to attend UCSF-sponsored
continuing medical education programs free of charge.
The following table lists the core conference schedule at both CRMC and the VA. Most conferences are teleconferenced between the two hospitals.
| VACCHCS | CRMC | |
| Monday (8 am CRMC and 7 am VA) | Chief's Rounds | Critical Care Morning Report |
| Monday noon | Core Lecture | Core Lecture |
| Tuesday 8 am | Grand Rounds | Grand Rounds |
| Tuesday noon | Core Lecture | Core Lecture |
| Wednesday (8 am CRMC and 7 am VA) | EBM Journal Club | EBM Journal Club (1st Wednesday each month combined EM/IM conference) |
| Wednesday noon | UCSF Special Lecture | Lecture |
| Wednesday 1:30 | PG3 Board Review | |
| Thursday (8 am CRMC and 7 am VA) | Morning Report | Morning Report |
| Thursday noon | Core Lecture | Core Lecture |
| Thursday 1:30 | PG2 Board Review | |
| Friday (8 am CRMC and 7 am VA) | Morning Report | Chief's Rounds** and Morning report |
| Friday noon | Core Lecture* | Core Lecture* |
| * Morbidity and Mortality report once per month | ||
| ** One ward team does Chief's Rounds | ||
