Conferences
Education is a priority in the fellowship, and fellows will attend several conferences per week to enrich their knowledge. There are opportunities Fellow Didactic conferences, Journal Club, and Case Conferences for fellows to present to both faculty and residents.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Board Review (Noon - 1:00)
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Diabetes Rounds (Noon - 1:00) |
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds (8:30 - 9:30) (Noon - 1:00) (1:00 - 2:30)
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Cytopathology Conference (1:30 - 2:30)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Teaching Conference (Noon - 1:00) |
Fellows’ Didactics (Noon - 1:00) Larry Hillblom Islet Research Seminar Series (Noon - 1:00)
Endocrine Case Conference (4:00 - 5:00) Journal Club (5:00 - 5:30) |
- Fellows’ Didactics (Fridays 12-1 pm, Gonda Conference Room 547) During this time, attendings from the division and various subspecialties throughout the year will be scheduled to present a topic from the core curriculum to the fellows.
- Diabetes Rounds (Tuesdays 12-1pm, Conference Room 347) Discussion of diabetes cases (outpatient and inpatient), update in management of diabetes
- CytoPath Conference (Every third Thursday, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, A2-CHS) During this time, various thyroid FNAs as well as surgical path cases are reviewed with the fellows on microscope heads and the cases are discussed.
- Board Review (Mondays, 12-1 pm, Conference Room 347) Run by Drs. Martinez and Van Herle. During this time, board review questions from ESAP are reviewed and discussed.
- Endocrine Case Conference (Fridays, 4:00-5:00 pm, Gonda Conference Room 510-20).
- Journal Club (Once monthly on Fridays, 5:00-5:30pm, Gonda Conference Room 510-20).
- O’ Keefe Foundation Interfacility Endocrine Conference (Held once every 2 months on Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm, UCLA Faculty Center) Every two months, a dinner/conference headed by Dr. Drexler is held in which a topic in Diabetes is presented and discussed. Endocrine fellows, nurse educators and program directors from UCLA, WLAVA and Cedars programs are invited to attend, as well as various residents and guests speakers from the Department of OB/Gyn and Pediatrics are invited to attend and participate in the discussion/conference.
- Department of Medicine Grand Rounds (Wednesdays, 8:30 - 9:30 am, RRUMC B130)
- Endocrine Grand Rounds (Wednesdays, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, 23-105 CHS) This is a weekly lecture series, which consists of formally presented topics on a variety of clinical and research topics relevant to endocrine, paracrine and autocrine dysfunction of endocrine and metabolic tissues. In addition, disorders of all endocrine glands, including the parathyroids, pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal, gonads, and endocrine function of the brain, kidney, skin and other “nonendocrine” tissues are discussed. Once per month these rounds address a topic relevant to pediatric endocrinology.
- Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Teaching Conference (Every fourth Thursday, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, B-130 RRMC) This is monthly conference held by the Department of Medicine. Each month, the endocrine consult fellow is expected to attend in addition to an additional endocrine fellow who is not on consult service to represent the Division of Endocrinology.
- Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center Seminar Series (Fridays 12:00pm to 1:00 pm at the Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center, speakers TBA)
- Pituitary Conference (Monthly; Wednesdays 1-2pm, RRMC Conference Room 6238) Multidisciplinary conference, (Endocrinology, Neurosurgery, Radiology, Pathology), where interesting pituitary cases are reviewed and discussed and fellows present key learning issues related to cases.