Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, Critial Care, and Occupational Medicine Fellowship Program
Pulmonary Chief's Rounds
Faculty Responsible: Joel N. Kline, M.D.and Gary W. Hunninghake, M.D.
Target Audience: Pulmonary fellows and faculty
Goals of the Conference:
Demonstrate approaches to differential diagnosis and treatment in challenging pulmonary/critical care clinical cases. Use this approach to broaden the audience's skills in differential diagnosis and cost-effective, thoughtful evaluations of pulmonary patients.
Design of the Conference to meet the Goals:
The conference is a case-presentation format. The facilitator presents two cases in the one hour conference which is held once monthly. The discussant describes a working differential diagnosis along the way demonstrating the thought process used in arriving at clinical decisions. At the conclusion, the discussant gives his or her primary diagnosis, and the facilitator provides the clinical answer.
Evaluation:
Informal polling of the audience and participants.