Medicine / Pediatrics

Didactics and Conferences


Combined Med Peds Ambulatory Didactics

The UMKC Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program offers dedicated time to learning ambulatory medicine. The didactics are held monthly and explore common and cutting edge ambulatory topics from pediatrics and internal medicine. The modules provide case oriented, evidence based small group discussion on a variety of topics, coordinated to the didactics topic of the month in the Internal medicine program. For example, when the didactics topic is nephrology, our ambulatory didactics conference will review evaluation of proteinuria and hematuria in the clinic. The majority of our modules are developed by our UMKC Med-Peds faculty, community providers and sub specialists and supplemented with the Yale Primary Care Pediatric Curriculum modules. In addition to the case, we review relevant high value care concepts for the topic. This has included cost of lab assessments and billing practices. Our residents consistently rate this curriculum as a strength of our program.

Med-Peds House Staff and Didactics

Every month, the entire residency gathers for house staff and didactics on a Friday afternoon. This is our monthly meeting with our program director as well as other MedPeds leadership hosted by our current MedPeds Chief residents. The categorical IM and Pediatric chief residents attend and provide updates within their respective programs and our chief residents provide Med-Peds specific updates. Following House Staff, we have didactic teaching sessions and simulations taught by select faculty and our chief residents. Our curriculum is driven by resident and leadership input including topics; board review, future applications for job/fellowships, and important Med-Peds topics. Additionally, we love the time with each other and free food.

Med-Peds Ambulatory Didactics

Every fifth week, during our +1 Ambulatory week, we have scheduled ambulatory didactics sessions. This is a scheduled morning away from clinical activity where you meet with a small group of your co-residents and a Med-Peds faculty member to review pre-selected topics about Adult and Pediatric ambulatory medicine. These are held at different locations every week and serve as a great time to sample some brunch and coffee shop locations alongside your education.

Med-Peds Retreat

Every September, the Med-Peds residents are given time away from call and clinical responsibilities to retreat. This provides a time for us to gather our families and grow our sense of community. The residents are given workshops to develop team skills and professional development. This is designed and led by the MedPeds Chief Residents.

Categorical Didactics

Both our Internal Medicine and Pediatrics curriculums have monthly afternoon didactics that you will attend when you are rotating with that program. These are half-day sessions where you are excused from clinical activity for the day and taught by a wide selection of our excellent subspecialty faculty.

Conferences

In addition to the formal educational half days above, we have the opportunity to attend daily noon conferences hosted by both of our categorical programs (education, advocacy, simulation sessions, journal club, and round-tables). Free lunch is often provided. Click the links below to see the details of each of their conferences.