In an ongoing effort to provide you with a comprehensive pediatric curriculum, a conference series is offered at the end of the day on Tuesdays from 4-5 PM. These conferences are brief (20-30 minutes), student-led, and disease-focused, covering common pediatric problems, especially those seen in the outpatient setting. These conferences are to be directed/presented by individual students with the aim that all students can hear about and discuss management of the particular disease entity. A suggested format is to begin with a brief case presentation of a child with the problem in question, preferably of a case you have encountered in the outpatient setting, and then a brief discussion of 3-5 take-home points. No lectures please. Rather than a handout, a single good review article photocopied for each of your colleagues is suggested. Consult with your preceptor, inpatient or outpatient attendings or residents or me prior to your presentation re: sources of information and possible key points to focus on.

Because an interactive format is most likely to sustain interest, you should keep your comments brief and be prepared to shed light on your colleagues' inquiries by virtue of your reading on the topic. Student(s) who sign up for "Case Presentation" should come prepared to present and discuss a case from the outpatient setting that illustrates a problem listed in the curriculum. I will attend most of these conferences and will offer my thoughts on the problems discussed as necessary. One afternoon will be devoted to issues that concern adolescents. The students who sign up for the Adolescent Issues date are asked to contact Dr. Riggs by paging her (444-0635) to discuss cases/topics for presentation at the conference on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 4:00 devoted to "Adolescent Issues" Hasbro room 151.