Didactics

Tuesday Conference

Tuesday conferences are held weekly from 7:30 to 9 a.m. These lectures are faculty or fellow-led and cover variety of high yield GI topics and case presentations. There is monthly board review incorporated and quarterly combined conference with the departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, and Pathology. This is held in person for on-campus fellows, and via zoom for those off-campus.

Journal Club

Journal club occurs monthly on a Thursday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. It is aimed to help fellows demonstrate evidence-based medicine to analyze study design and discuss current gastrointestinal medical literature. This is usually held virtually on zoom, but occasionally at a restaurant over dinner.

Tumor Board

Tumor Board provides exposure to the diagnosis and multi-disciplinary management of complex neoplastic diseases of the GI tract. These conferences are attended by members of the hematology/oncology, radiology, surgery, and pathology departments. Tumor Board consists of sessions the teams from Olympia Fields and sessions with the Olympia Fields Hospital Northwest Indiana

Gastroenterology/Internal Medicine Lecture Series

As GI fellows in a teaching hospital, our fellows also create and deliver high yield lectures on relevant GI topics to the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Topics have included the basics of gastroenterology consults and conditions, management of GI emergencies, and ABIM board review.

Additional Conferences

We attend scheduled conferences at our affiliated institutions when we are rotating at that respective site. This is comprised of grand rounds, case conferences, guest speakers, etc.