Teaching Conferences

A variety of clinical and teaching conferences for residents and faculty are scheduled each week. These occur at the beginning of the working day or in a noon lunch format to allow all residents to attend.

Neuroscience Grand Rounds are held weekly in the University Hospital South Lecture Hall at OHSU and are attended jointly by faculty and residents from the Department of Neurology and the Division of Neurosurgery. Community neurologists and neurosurgeons also attend Neuroscience Grand Rounds regularly. Topics are clinically relevant, and invited guest speakers are common.

A Neuroradiology Conference is held weekly to review neuroimaging studies of inpatients at the University and VAMC hospitals. Relevant teaching cases and films are included in this conference. A Neuropathology conference is held weekly, which includes clinical case presentations and review of biopsy or autopsy material.

Morning Report is held twice weekly with the residents. This conference is faculty-run, and inpatients and consultations seen by the residents during the on-call hours are reviewed with the Department Chairman or another faculty attending. A weekly clinical Thursday noon conference attended by faculty, residents, and students reviews clinical topics, with an outpatient emphasis. Both faculty and residents may present case discussions at the noon conference. A monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference is held to review patient care issues for the University and VAMC neurology inpatient services.

A weekly noon Clinical Neuroscience Lecture Series designed specifically for the residents runs throughout the 3 years of residency. Faculty speakers from the University and from OHSU's allied research centers present units on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, molecular biology, and neuropathology in a series of 60 minute lectures. Handouts and references are provided. This lecture series provides a valuable supplement to self-study in the basic neuroscience material necessary for Neurology board certification.

A weekly Epilepsy Case Conference is held in the Portland Veteran’s Administration hospital.

A monthly Journal Club for residents is facilitated by faculty members. In addition, there are several subspecialty neurology journal clubs in which faculty participate. Residents are encouraged to attend subspecialty journal clubs of interest to them.