Conferences, Meetings and Lectures
Infectious Diseases Seminar Series
This weekly conference is an opportunity for didactic lectures from faculty of the Infectious Diseases division and The OSU College of Medicine. Topics include faculty research projects and interests, ID fellow driven QI projects from their hospital epidemiology and ASP rotations, updates from National Meetings (CROI, SHEA, ID Week), and the conclusion of fellows research projects.
Monday: 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 P.M.
Infectious Diseases Clinical Case Conference
This weekly case conference series is designed to provide the fellows the opportunity to present a case from the inpatient or outpatient setting, which is either an unusual case or presents a diagnostic dilemma, or therapeutic challenge. A panel of ID faculty members provide input and feedback in an interactive manner with the rest of the ID division. Fellows will also be provided the opportunity to participate in Columbus City Wide Conference, Difficult HIV and Transplant Case Conference, and Tropical Medicine Conference.
Wednesday: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Journal Club
This bi-monthly conference aims for fellows to:
- Develop and enhance skills in critical evaluation and appraisal of the primary medical literature.
- Foster the habit of utilizing the primary medical literature to better inform one’s clinical practice and decision-making.
In support of these goals, the academic year begins with several introductory lectures discussing various topics including study design, strategies to identify sources of bias, and how to critically appraise the validity of conclusions the authors may propose (and how to form one’s own conclusions based on the data).
Over the course of the year, fellows will present 2-4 times, initially with a paper (a “classic”) that is assigned and subsequently papers of the fellow’s choosing. Leading up to the presentation, the faculty advisor will be available to the fellow for discussion/review of the paper. Additional faculty members will be identified in advance to help facilitate discussion during the presentation.
Friday: 8 – 9 am
ID Board Review
This bi-monthly conference is led by Dr. Jeremy Young, MD who prepares ID fellows for their in-training examination and ABIM board examination. Additionally, fellows are provided a board review course in their second year to be used for independent study.
Friday: 12 – 1 pm
Transplant Conference
This conference is an international multicenter difficult transplant case conference. Each month, an ID fellow or faculty member virtually presents an interactive challenging transplant ID case with feedback and discussion from ID trainees and faculty at various transplant institutions.
Division Conferences and Meetings
Infectious disease faculty, fellows, research nurses, administrative staff, pharmacists, social workers and lab personnel meet monthly. Discussion covers all aspects of AIDS clinical research..
Occurs: Third Thursday of the month, 12:30 p.m.
Divisional business meetings are attended by faculty.
Occurs: First and third Fridays of the month, 8 a.m. (attendings only)
Infectious disease fellows and faculty coordinate and facilitate an Infectious Disease Clinical Case Conference, topics of which typically focus on a recent challenging patient case. A review of the literature on some aspect of the case follows. Occasionally outside speakers are invited. Clinical microbiologists, pathologists and pharmacists also regularly participate in this conference. Once a month, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory faculty members, members of the Hospital Epidemiology Department or members of the Pharmacy Department present a didactic conference. Specific basic science and microbiology principles, particularly as related to laboratory procedures or clinical issues in hospital epidemiology, are presented.
Occurs: Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m.
During August and September of the academic year, dedicated faculty will present a series of lectures desired to quickly familiarize fellows with the subspecialty of infectious diseases.
Occurs: Tuesday - Thursday at 12:15 p.m.
Research principles (journal club) focuses on recent literature, both to update medical knowledge and to promote critical reading skills. Twice a month, a fellow and a member of the faculty each present an article from the current literature. The article can involve any aspect of infectious diseases. The entire infectious disease faculty attends and a discussion of the article ensues after initial presentation.
Occurs: Second and fourth Fridays of the month, 8 a.m.
This conference consists of infectious disease board readiness, hepatitis C, HIV and research. Fellows lead a faculty-attended informal conference.
Occurs: 12:15 p.m.
Divisional Lectures
One of the major goals of the Division of Infectious Diseases is the education of medical students, residents and fellows. To carry this out, the entire infectious disease faculty participates in a series of lectures.
Infectious disease faculty members augment their clinical teaching of fellows with a weekly Principles of Infectious Diseases book club, a directed and annotated reading of a standard infectious diseases textbook, as well as a weekly journal club, called Research Principles. The division’s weekly Clinical Case Conference serves both as a venue for demonstrating what is state-of-the-art in diagnosis and management of infectious diseases, and as a forum for the infectious disease fellows to develop and display their skills in critical analysis of the medical literature in the solution of subspecialty level clinical problems.