At the University of Wisconsin, American Family Children’s Hospital Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, we are committed to teaching future clinicians, researchers, and leaders. Our scheduled teaching opportunities include the following:
Core Lecture Series
Topics and speakers are selected with input from the fellows each year to cover pediatric endocrine topics with an emphasis on board exam preparation. These 45-minute presentations occur monthly. Speakers include faculty from the pediatric endocrine division, as well as adult endocrinology, genetics, cardiology, endocrine surgery and nephrology.
Fellow Case Discussion Conference
Every Tuesday, the fellows meet with the Director, Dr. David Allen to review a recent clinical conundrum, delving into the physiology. The weekly conference, endearingly nicknamed Geezers’s, and encourages fellows to stay curious, and seek out the underlying mechanisms of various endocrinopathies.
Journal Club
Scheduled monthly, faculty and fellows participate in selecting current articles of interest and presenting them with a thorough analysis. In addition to reviewing technique of article appraisal consistent with evidence-based medicine, this is an opportunity to discuss how current research should influence potential changes in our own division’s approach to patient care.
Fellow Presentations
The fellows are invited to present a 15-minute discussion once every 4 weeks on an interesting case or topic of interest, reviewing the physiology, literature and elaborating on future directions.
Research Meeting
Scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month, Dr. Aaron Carrel organizes the agenda for these meetings. Please see Research.
Radiology Rounds
The pediatric radiology department has a scheduled meeting with the endocrine team quarterly to review interesting radiologic findings in mutual patients and discuss best practices. Fellows and faculty participate by contributing interesting cases throughout the year.
Diabetes Camp
Fellows have the opportunity each year to work at our local diabetes camp, Camp Lakota, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association. This is a blast, an excellent learning opportunity, and gets high praise annually.
