Didactics & Lectures
Medical Education
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Aileen Boa-Hocbo, MD, MBA, FACP, FHM
Program Director
Elizabeth Vazquez
Residency Coordinator
AtlantiCare – Medical Arts Pavilion
7 South Ohio Avenue, 3rd FL, Suite 3300
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Email: IMResidency@atlanticare.org
@atlanticareimresidency
Our Internal Medicine Residency Program offers a robust conference series covering high value care, primary care, board review, evidence-based medicine and many more taught by our faculty and chief residents at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.
Morning Reports
Friday from 7:15-8 AM. These are traditional case style presentations given by residents under faculty supervision. These are interactive and faculty will often challenge residents on history taking, physical examination, clinical reasoning, management, and high value care.
Academic Half Day
Held every Wednesday from 12.30 – 4.30 PM. These include a wide range of topics as below:
- Classic interactive lectures Given by general medicine and subspecialty faculty. These are designed to engage and prepare residents for board exams with emphasize on the most recent high-yield topics from the American Board of Internal Medicine Exam.
- Clinic-Pathological Conference (CPC) and Advanced Clinical Conference Given by residents for residents with faculty mentorship with focus on discussing a case from the inpatient or outpatient setting.
- Multidisciplinary Conferences These occur monthly and include institutional faculty and staff members from a variety of relevant disciplines and in a rotational basis consist of:
- Journal Club: Appraisal and discussion of a recent scientific article with a focus on evidence-based medicine and application of its clinical relevance.
- Future of Health Care: Led by a team of faculty and residents, these interactive conferences focuses on a topic in medicine that has either been in the news or is gaining momentum in the health care field and it’s future impact on physicians. Recent topics have included point of care ultrasound, social determinants of health, physician advocacy and physician burnout.
- Morbidity and Mortality: Presentation of a case with an unexpected outcome with focus on root cause analysis and on improving the health care system to prevent future errors.
- Monthly Board Review Jeopardy: A fun and competitive game of Jeopardy just like the game show with question and answers of board relevant topics based on a different theme each month.
- EKG Conference: Lead by one of our revered cardiologists which is an interactive and detailed review of EKGs.
- Radiology Conference: Lead by a radiologist, giving a detailed overview on how to read a wide variety of imaging studies and the pathology behind them.
- Ambulatory Conferences: We have interactive clinic lectures now as part of academic half day. The topics discussed are the common chronic diseases seen on outpatient side. Topics discussed are management of clinic work flow, Medical informatics, Diabetes mellitus, HTN, dyslipidemia, cancer screening, Immunization, Preoperative medicine, dermatology, diagnosis and management of common musculoskeletal disorders and addiction medicine.
Residents as teachers: Lead by core faculty and senior residents, this conference gives residents the tools and confidence to teach students, junior residents and other faculty.
July Intern Boot Camp Given by senior and chief residents and is designed to present high yield topics and common scenarios seen in the hospital to new first year residents to help them gain confidence to tackle inpatient rotations.
Career Planning Sessions and Panels: Every year recent graduates of our program are brought back to speak on a panel to connect with the current residents and answer their questions in a Q & A style session. One of sessions is by alumni who have completed or currently in a fellowship to answer questions about applying for Fellowship and opportunities. There is also a session by Hospitalists and Primary Care Physicians to answer questions about applying for jobs and life as an attending. These are well-received sessions as our alumni enjoy participation on these panels and want to give back to the program.
Osteopathic Conferences/OMT sessions: Are you a graduate from an Osteopathic College with dozens of hours of OMT lab or have you never even heard of an Osteopathic physician? It doesn’t matter to us because we know there is an Osteopath in every physician! Our curriculum occasionally incorporates Osteopathic Principles and Practice designed for all skill levels into the academic half day. We focus on a holistic approach to medicine including the body, mind and spirit components to care. We offer traditional curriculum activities that includes journal clubs to discuss and critique osteopathic literature, as well as OMT workshops to sharpen technical skills.
Fundamental Critical Care Support: This is a two day course delivered by our Critical Care Faculty. This course provides the residents the training to manage critically ill patients for the first 24 hours or until appropriate critical car consultation can be arranged.
Simulation: Residents spend an hour each week at the AtlantiCare’s Medical Education Simulation Center. Residents go over common emergency scenarios and procedures relevant to their career path. These sessions are led by faculty and simulation educator. This setting provides a learning environment that fosters critical thinking in a controlled environment.
Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS): Once a month our critical care faculty dedicates time to teach our residents on Point of Care Ultrasound.
