Grand Rounds are case-based, with presentation by a resident followed by formal discussion by a faculty member and time for questions. Two cases are presented each week, one representing a General Surgery discipline and one representing a surgical specialty. Both presentations and discussions are concise and focused to interest the entire department. At times throughout the year, prominent surgical educators are invited to Yale as visiting professors and present their work for the entire hour.

This didactic conference is designed to cover a specific curriculum over the entire year. Lectures, case conferences and journal club formats offer varied pedagogic methods and provide variety. Residents are taught the fundamental scientific principles which inform their clinical decision-making and patient management. Medical ethics, medicolegal issues, economic concerns, and information technology are included in the curriculum.

(General Surgery)
Morbidity and Mortality conferences are a cornerstone of quality improvement in surgery. Deaths and complications are presented by the residents. Open discussion among residents and faculty is intended not to find fault, but to seek better understanding of the events, to educate, and to suggest changes in management or departmental protocols to reduce the risk of future complications. Large specialty sections conduct their own M&M conferences weekly or monthly.

All sections of the Department of Surgery conduct regular teaching conferences, which may include didactic lectures, case presentations and discussion, and teaching rounds. These conferences are designed to further the educational goals and objectives for each discipline.

Teaching Conferences 2005-2006

Service/Hospital

Day

Time

Yale School of Medicine

Department of Surgery

Grand Rounds

Wed

Weekly

7-8am

Basic & Clinical Science

Tue

W

7-8am

Morbidity & Mortality

Wed

W

8-9am

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Cardiothoracic

M&M

Wed

W

8-8:45am

Heart Transplantation

Wed

W

8:45am

Pulmonary State Chest

Wed

W

2:30pm

Lung Tumor

Thurs

W

4pm

Teaching

Fri

W

5pm

Adult Cardiology, Radiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fri

W

7:30am

Peds Cardiology, Radiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fri

W

8am

Emergency Medicine

Teaching

Wed

W

8am-12pm

Otolaryngology

Head and Neck

Mon

W

4-5pm

Teaching

Wed

W

7-8am

Teaching

Wed

W

3-4pm

Teaching

Wed

W

4-5pm

Radiology

Wed

W

5-6pm

M&M

Wed

M

6pm

Surgical Pathology

Wed

M

7:30am

Journal Club

Wed

M

7am

Pediatric Surgery

Teaching

Wed

W

8-9am

Tumor Board

Thurs

W

11am-12pm

Pathology

Wed

M

10-11am

M&M

Wed

M

10-11am

Plastic Surgery

Hand

Wed

M

7:35-8:20am

Head and Neck

Wed

W

7:45am

Journal Club

Tues

W

5-6pm

Grand Rounds

Wed

W

5pm

GI Surgery

Teaching

Tues

W

12-1pm

General/Endocrine

Teaching

Fri

W

7:30-8:30am

General/Oncology

Teaching

Thurs

W

7-8am

Transplant

Clinical Care

Fri

W

4-5pm

Trauma & SICU

SICU Teaching

Tues

W

12-1pm

SICU Core curriculum

T/TH/F

W

7:15-8:15am

SICU M&M

Thurs

W

12-1pm

Adult Trauma M&M

Tues

W

1:30-3pm

Pediatric Trauma M&M

Tues

M

4:30-5pm

Trauma / Emergency Dept.

Wed

Biweekly

12-1pm

Adult Trauma QI

Tues

M

4-5pm

Pediatric Trauma QI

Tues

M

5-5:30pm

Trauma Multidisciplinary

Tues

M

4-5pm

Urology

Grand Rounds

Mon

W

8:30-10am

Pediatric Urology, Stones & Neurology

Mon

W

4-5pm

UroRadiology

Mon

Biweekly

7:30-8:20am

UroOncology

Mon

M

10-11am

UroPathology

Mon

M

7:30-8:20am

Journal Club

Mon

M

7:30-8:20am

M&M

Wed

M

7:30-8:30am

Basic Science

Wed

Biweekly

7:30-8:30am

Vascular Surgery

M&M

Mon

W

6:30-7am

Teaching

Mon

W

7-8am

Research

Thur

W

3:30-5pm

VA Hospital

GI Surgery

Wed

W

4-5pm

M&M

Fri

W

7:30-9am

Vascular Surgery

Tues

W

8:30-9:30am

Bridgeport Hospital

M&M

Fri

W

7-8am

Grand Rounds

Thurs

W

7:30-8:30am

Teaching-Vascular, General, Trauma (rotating)

Fri

W

8-9am

Tumor Board

Fri

W

12-1pm

Burn/Nutrition/Critical Care

Thurs

W

12-1pm

Burn QI

Tues

W

2-3pm

Chief’s Teaching

Tues

W

11am-1pm