Conferences and Scholarly Activities
> Surgical Grand Rounds/Core Curriculum
> Basic Science Conference
> Practice Based Learning
Enviroment Conference (Morbidity And Mortality Conference)
> Chairman Rounds
> Attending Lectures
> Cancer Conference
> Journal Club
> Research Methodology
> Risk Management Conference
> Cincinnati Surgical Society
> Vascular Surgery Conference
> Research Projects
> Readings Required
Surgical Grand Rounds/Core Curriculum 
This conference is held Monday afternoon from September to June and
is moderated and coordinated by Dr. Elliott J. Fegelman. Each session
may include one or more case presentations followed by a didactic
lecture covering a topic pertaining to the case presented. Topics
should include surgical anatomy, physiology, pathology, surgical
history, pharmacology and nutrition as they relate to the presentation.
This academic session will be prepared by a resident, faculty or
visiting professor. All residents are required to present at least
one Grand Rounds each year.
Basic Science Conference
This weekly conference is held each Monday afternoon. It is coordinated
by the Attending Staff under the direction of Dr. Cari Ogg
and run by the two chief residents. Topics such as cardiology, fluid
and electrolytes balance, acid-base, vascular surgery, gastrointestinal
disease, and endocrinology are covered in order to prepare the residents
for ABSITE issues and board examinations. Schwartz' Principles of Surgery, along with other tutorials, is
used as the foundation for this conference.
Practice Based Learning
Enviroment Conference
(Morbidity And Mortality Conference)
Coordinated by Dr. Elliott J. Fegelman, this conference, held on
Monday afternoon, precedes Grand Rounds, which is made up of case
presentations followed by discussion pertinent to those cases. Topics
include operative complications and problems in wound healing, shock
and circulatory physiology, fluid and electrolyte balance, metabolic
response to injury and surgical nutrition. The resident who participated
in the patient’s
care is responsible for preparing complications for the conference.
Residents are strongly encouraged to bring recent data/literature that
may illustrate an improvement and/or current therapy.
Chairman Rounds
This weekly conference is held on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. and is coordinated
by Dr. Elliott J. Fegelman and the general surgery faculty. The surgical
residents present surgical cases to the attending faculty.
In-depth discussion and pertinent radiographs are incorporated along
with floor rounds. The topics each week are at the discretion of
the chief residents.
Attending Lectures
This conference is held monthly on Wednesday mornings. Topics are
presented and discussed with staff. Residents are expected to be
prepared by pre-reading the assigned chapters from Schwartz or material
provided by staff prior to conference.
Cancer Conference
This conference is held on the 1st and 4th Wednesday mornings of the
month. Topics include breast and current
cancer case(s) of the month. This conference is attended by radiology,
oncology, pathology and surgery attendings. This conference allows
for a multi disciplinary discussion on current cancer therapies.
Journal Club
Four or five papers are assigned monthly to the residents. At the conferences,
coordinated by Dr. Martin Popp, the papers are presented by the residents
and discussed. This conference is held on Thursdays in the afternoon.
Research Methodology
This conference which is held quarterly and is coordinated by Drs.
Cari Ogg and Elliott J. Fegelman and is run by Ms. Liz Fannin.
During this conference Ms. Fannin meets with the residents and attending
faculty to discuss preparations, statistical analysis, and manuscript
development.
Risk Management Conference
This conference, which is held annually, is led by Julie Clark, R.N.,
director of risk management. During this conference, residents discuss
topics on ethics, practice management and medical-legal issues.
Cincinnati Surgical Society
This meeting is held once a quarter at Kingsgate Conference Center
at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. It features
visiting professors of surgery from prominent medical centers and
institutions throughout the United States and Canada. This meeting
is an opportunity for surgical residents from all three of the training
programs in Cincinnati to mingle and interface with faculty and program
staff.
Vascular Surgery Conference
Vascular conference is held on one Wednesday morning per month. This
conference schedule was developed by Dr. Charles Mesh and it allows
for a major vascular text to be read and discussed on a two-year
cycle.
Research Projects
Residents, as a PGY-1, are asked to develop topics and ideas for a
research project. PGY-2 residents are to design/develop their chosen
project and complete data gathering. As a PGY-3, residents should
compose a written paper for submission of data to a journal. During
PGY-3, 4, & 5, residents are strongly encouraged to work with
attending staff and write-up ongoing clinical research for presentation/publication.
Readings Required:
- ACS Surgery – online surgical text with questions that
are reviewed with attending staff.
- Forgive and Remember by Charles Bosque – 1974
- Schwartz text (PGY-1 - 3)
- Cameron text (PGY-4 & 5)
- Moore vascular text
- ICU manual
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