Protected Academic Time

Three regularly scheduled educational opportunities comprise the majority of the residency training program's organized didactic activities - Morning Report, Grand Rounds and Tuesday Morning Core Conferences. Substantial effort is expended to be certain the major learning objectives for residents (CREOG objectives and ACGME competencies) are addressed with high quality offerings.  Residents are relieved of virtually all other responsibilities during these scheduled educational sessions.  

Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds are the academic focus point for the entire Department and are held every Wednesday morning, September through June except for eight Wednesdays which are reserved for Einstein's Institutional Curriculum Conference Series which all residents and fellows throughout the institution are required to attend. Speakers are invited from the ranks of nationally recognized scholars in medicine, nursing, business, and other disciplines as well as from our own Einstein faculty. Grand Rounds are open to the entire Einstein community and provide one hour category-1 CME credit for physicians.

Tuesday Morning Core Conference

Three 45-minute sessions on Tuesday morning are the core of our resident didactics.

Fundamentals Lecture Series
Presented in July, August, and September, The Fundamental Lecture Series provides a general material review of the basics of Ob/Gyn and primary and preventive care.

Academic Lecture Series
Scheduled October through June, the Academic Lecture Series includes specific topic lectures and seminars, M&M, guest speakers, CITROG review, journal club, and review of Precis, Prolog, and the ACOG Educational and Technical Bulletins.

Morning Report

Morning report is held every Monday, Thursday and Friday and is attended by the on-call attending for the day and the post-call attending as well as the Chairman or a Program Director, and other attending physicians as their schedules permit.  Morning Report is the focus of active training in evidence based medicine and practice and provides residents the opportunity to:

• Develop the ability to relate clinical information needed to care for patients
• Understand the importance of a complete history and physical
• Be able to develop a differential diagnosis based on history and physical examination
• Learn the appropriate tests needed to refine diagnoses such that a therapeutic plan can be developed
• Discuss alternative approaches of management
• Learn standard therapies and the be able to justify deviations from standard based on clinical situations unique to each patient
• Review recent literature relating to the disease process
• Review the pathophysiology of the disease process