| Each of the teaching hospitals has also
developed their own teaching programs and conferences. |
| Erie County Medical Center |
| At the Erie County Medical Center, there is a weekly 7:00 to 8:30
am Indications Conference, and follow-up Fracture Conference. From 7:00 to 7:30 am, interesting fractures from the
previous week are shown and discussed. From 7:30- 8:30 am all the orthopaedic cases to be performed in the upcoming
week are reviewed and discussed. Once a month at this conference, Quality Assurance is held, with the residents
writing up all complications and deaths. These cases are then reviewed along with the appropriate x-rays. The cases are
then discussed, analyzed, and recommendations for prevention of similar problems are made. |
| Dr. Mark Anders has instituted a 7:00 am review of all Emergency Room cases from the previous night
with the resident staff at the Erie County Medical Center. (7:00 to 7:30 am) |
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| Buffalo General Hospital |
| The Buffalo General Hospital has a weekly conference on Wednesday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30 am.
Once a month it is a Quality Assurance conference, Mortality and Morbidity is discussed with the resident preparing the
presentation, and recommendations are made for prevention of the problem. An interesting case conference is held
once a month. Indication conference is held once a month to review big cases for the upcoming month, and once a
month there is a didactic presentation of a subject chosen and prepared by a resident. |
| Tumor Conference is held from 6:45 to 7:30 am by Dr. Brian McGrath on Wednesday morning at the Buffalo General Hospital (Tumor Topics).
Dr. Kenneth Krackow, Chief of Orthopaedics at the Buffalo General Hospital, also has a Journal Club held on Monday
from 6:30 to 7:30 am,
where articles from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery are discussed with the residents. Tuesday
mornings from 6:30 to 7:00 am, there is a Spine Conference to review interesting spine cases and pathology with Dr.
Christopher Hamill. |
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| The Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo |
| At the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, there is a weekly indications conference from 7:30 to 8:30 on Wednesday morning,
and there is also a 7:00 to 8:00 am Journal Club reviewing pediatric literature. Quality assurance is held once a month with
review of the complications and mortality for the month. |
