Transitional Year Residency Program Resident Presentations

There are presentations required of the transitional residents during their yearlong program. Some presentations are in small groups, and others are in the large group forum. All presentations are designed to both promote information mastery and to allow a mechanism for residents to develop their public speaking and presentation skills in a learner-centered and constructive environment. Hard copies of all presentations given are kept in the resident's individual binders as part of his or her scholarly activity requirement.

Transitional presentation requirements:

Chart stimulated recall: In place of traditional morning report, a small-group session is held once per two-weeknight-float-block that allows the night float team members to actively reflect on their documentation and clinical thought process. A core faculty member guides the documentation review. The intern is then given individualized formative feedback on ways to improve documentation of their thought process to enhance patient care.

Resident report (GIMS / ECLS on Wednesdays at noon): This large group resident report is held and precepted by either the chief medical resident or the program director. Cases are presented by PGY-1 residents on GIMS / ECLS and by all other representatives from the GIMS services. Audience members actively participate as core faculty attendings assist in developing the teaching points of the case.

Show and tell: All residents participate in sharing an interesting patient finding. This can be quite varied, whether it is an interesting X-ray, EKG, histologic slide or historical artifact. Every session proves to bring something interesting to the table.

Transitional Scholarly Activity: All Transitional residents are required to perform a Transitional Scholarly activity (TSA) during their year on a topic and in a format of their choosing.