We have a wide variety of conferences and conference styles, ranging from morning report & workshop wednesdays to QI, Journal Club, and noon conference.
Noon Conferences
Monday and Friday
Aim to give residents the medical knowledge needed for the practice of hospital and outpatient medicine.
Tuesday General Medicine Noon Conference
The division of general medicine presents each Tuesday. Conference topics include: updates on major diseases, common clinic topics, clinical problem solving (CPS), Clinical Pathology Conference (CPC), High Value Care, Patient Safety, Ethics, and Gray-zone debates.
Wednesday Medicine Grand Rounds
Speakers from across the country as well as local speakers present each Wednesday at medicine grand rounds
Thursday Subspecialty & Interest Group Meetings
Medicine interest groups hold monthly meetings at noon. In addition, the subspecialty divisions hold their weekly grand rounds on Thursdays. So whether you’re interested in cardiology or geriatrics, GI or pulmonary or any other subspecialty, you can hear the latest updates and research presented each Thursday.
Morning Reports
Ambulatory Morning Report
Residents on consult and outpatient rotations attend ambulatory morning report from 8-9AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. A resident presents a patient they have seen in clinic to a general medicine faculty who leads a discussion on diagnosis and management on Mondays & Fridays. The resident presents a short summary of key learning points from the case. During the second half of the hour, the faculty member teaches a common clinic topic. Wednesdays are Workshop Wednesdays where we go iteratively through a case discussing the finer points of outpatient management of common ambulatory diagnoses.
Inpatient Morning Report
Residents on UAB general Medicine and Subspecialty wards attend inpatient morning report each day of the weekfrom 8-9AM. A resident presents a case to a faculty member who leads a discussion on diagnosis and management. The resident then presents a short summary of key learning points from the case. Tuesdays are Tinsley Conferences described below. 
Patient Safety / Journal Club / Ethics Morning Report / Life & Leadership
Faculty with expertise in patient safety, evidence based medicine, and medical ethics lead this morning report on alernating Fridays from 8-9AM. Residents on consult and outpatient rotations attend.
Tinsley Harrison Morning Report
Residents on UAB general medicine wards attend this conference each Tuesday from 8-9AM. General medicine faculty and subspecialty fellows and faculty also attend. This case is unique in that a resident presents a case with a diagnostic or management dilemma and the faculty discuss their thoughts and how they would approach care of the patient. The conference concludes with a chief medical resident discussing key learning points from the case. This is a favorite conference of our residents and is highlighted on Tuesday interview days.
VA Morning Report
Residents on VA wards attend this conference each day from 10-11AM. Morning Report topics include resident case presentations, discussions on subspecialty topics (Chest Xray, Acid-Base, GI bleed, LFTs) and Pillars of Practice (discussions of major articles that have widely influence medical practice).