Clinical Experience

Stimulating Teaching

MD / PhD trainees at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center learn and share with colleagues, attendings and others in daily formal and informal teaching sessions. In addition, the Research Foundation and many of its divisions sponsor regular research seminars.

Morning Report

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 - 8:30 am
Residents, chief residents and faculty meet to review new hospital admissions.

Didactic Core Curriculum

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Noon - 1 pm
Faculty members cover a variety of basic topics in clinical medicine.

Grand Rounds

Tuesday: 8 - 9 am
Frequently based on patient presentations by faculty, this features discussions on basic science and clinical topics. Distinguished visiting professors present Grand Rounds several times a year.

Chairman Rounds

Friday: Noon - 1 pm
Resident-run case conferences with an interesting case presented as unknowns, and brief formal presentation on the diagnoses.

Mortality / Morbidity Rounds

Quarterly, Thursday: Noon - 1 pm
Faculty and house staff from a variety of services discuss a specific patient.

CORE Competency Conference

Weekly, Thursday: 8 - 8:30 am
Faculty members lead case-based discussions on topics including pursuing perfection, behavior / development, ethics, professionalism and communication.

FIRM Rounds

Twice a month, Friday: 8 - 8:45 am
Faculty from multiple subspecialties, community pediatricians and house staff meet to discuss interesting cases with diagnostic or therapeutic dilemmas.

Senior Rounds

Tuesday, Thursday: 1:15 - 2 pm
Inpatient senior residents discuss cases with chief residents and faculty mentors.

Intern Rounds

Monthly, Thursday: Noon – 1 pm
Case presentations to chief residents and residents.

Journal Club

Monthly, Thursday: Noon – 1 pm
Discussion of current pediatric journal articles led by house staff with guidance by senior faculty members.

Radiology Rounds

Weekly, 10:45 – 11:30 am
Radiologists meet with ward teams to discuss patients' radiographs and present teaching cases.

Research Seminar Series

Weekly, Wednesday: 12 noon - 1 pm
Noted researchers from across the country come to Cincinnati Children's to talk about a variety of topics within molecular and developmental biology.