Educational Programs, Conferences & Seminars
Clinical Presentation Conference
This one hour conference will be held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The first and second-year fellows will alternate weeks presenting an interesting or challenging case seen in the outpatient clinics or inpatient consult service.
They will then lead a focused discussion about the case based on a literature review covering, but not limited to clinical presentation, pathogenesis, histology and treatments.
Radiology Conference
This one hour conference will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. Fellow and attending physicians will bring interesting cases which will be used for group discussion and radiographic findings covered with a musculoskeletal radiologist.
Journal Club
This one hour conference will be held on the third Tuesday of each month. Fellows and attendings will be assigned a month where they select and present peer-reviewed articles relating to rheumatological and immunological topics for group discussion. At least one journal club per year is dedicated to disparities in healthcare.
Professional Development
Multiple sessions of faculty development are presented each year, and designed to be relevant to fellows. These include lectures or book clubs on a range of topics including leadership and teaching skills, diversity and inclusion, wellness and compassionate care, and ACGME and ACR updates pertinent to the program.
Lecture Curriculum & Fellow Educational Days
Fellows are provided with an extensive lecture curriculum that occurs weekly, on average, throughout the whole year. This series of lectures is given entirely by faculty, and also includes visiting faculty from outside division and departments.
This includes two Fellow Educational Days during which fellows are excused from clinical duties and presented a series of didactics. Topics during these Educational Days include clinical and pathology topics, as well as research methods, manuscript writing, specialty pharmacy lectures, and wellness discussions.
Board Review
Fellows meet with the associate program director throughout each year of fellowship to develop a plan and assess progress for board exam preparation. Multiple one hour board review sessions are given each year, with unique topics covered during each of the two years of fellowship. In addition to these sessions, a series of board review discussions with separate teaching faculty provide additional support for board exam preparation.
Grand Rounds
This one hour conference is held weekly on Tuesdays by Loyola's department of medicine and fellows are encouraged to attend. A schedule of conferences is available from the department of medicine.
Clinical Pathological Conference (CPC)
This one hour weekly conference, where in-depth presentations and discussions of interesting and challenging cases are hosted by Loyola's department of medicine, is attended by fellows, residents and attending physicians. A schedule of conferences is available from the department of medicine.
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
This conference occurs twice a year. The first is the ACR Education Exchange that occurs in the spring of each year. The second is the National ACR Convergence Meeting which occurs in the fall each year. All fellows are excused from clinical duties to attend these conferences.
