The goal of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Summer Lecture Series is to provide a didactic series for fellows, faculty and staff (including Advanced Practice nurses and respiratory therapists) on topics in pulmonary and critical care medicine. These topics will broadly include basic science topics, pulmonary physiology, clinical management, patient safety and quality improvement, and professionalism. The program leadership will continually assess the needs of the fellows, faculty and staff throu...

The goal of PAH Radiology Grand Rounds is to allow members of the department, including residents and faculty, to hear from well-known and recognized invited speaks about clinical topics that focus on patient care and experience, quality and safety, as well as new concepts, technology, and ideas from presenters with varying subspecialty backgrounds and interests.

The Penn Metastatic Breast Collaboration will discuss disease biology and treatment toxicity management of patients engaged in standard of care therapy as well as those enrolled in metastatic breast clinical trials, reviewing eligibility criteria and enhancing access, compliance, and procedures to metastatic breast cancer clinical trials in an effort to increase knowledge of current & innovative therapies to treat metastatic breast malignancies for the care teams.

Bi-monthly Divisional Conference for neonatology faculty, fellows, and APPs in addition to Intensive Care Nursery nurses and respiratory therapists. Topics are rotating and include Morbidity and Mortality conference; Resuscitation Video Review, a review of team dynamics and best practices in delivery room and in-unit resuscitations; Health Equity Conference, identifying best practices to mitigate the impact of social determinants of health on neonatal patients and their families; and joint neona...

This case conference follows a video rounds format, commonly used in movement disorders, where videos of unusual movement disorders or unusual presentations of common movement disorders are presented and the phenomenology narrated. The case is then discussed. The goal of the presentation is to adequately identify the phenomenology, discuss the differential diagnosis and most appropriate management.

Department of Medicine faculty and trainees review cases where morbidity and/or mortality occurred. These include all "Below Expected Risk" deaths and cases that highlight important clinical and system topics. Lead by the PPMC's Patient Safety Officer, Hospitalist leadership and the Chief Resident, cases are presented critical audience with a goal of minimizing preventable death and morbidity.

The goal of the Hematology/Oncology Tumor Board Case Conference is to present cases and introduce data to support the treatment of plan. The conference will address many issues pertaining to diagnosis of patients. Fellows present the cases along with experts who advise the proper treatment plan. Each case presentation is supported by evidence from the research literature.

The healthcare team discuss, review patient care quality, and establishes plans to apply this information to best care for the Obstetrics and Genecology patients

This conference aims to provide educational content related to quality improvement in healthcare and anesthesiology. Major themes include QI science, performance improvement science, feedback about safety events and implementation of best practices. We will review current departmental data and leverage the conference to amplify learning systems on transformation to a high reliability organization.

The series is specific to the Radiation Oncology Department, and provides a safe environment to discuss cases and outcomes openly and without prejudice. Patient cases are presented by the managing attending physician and/or resident physician, and reviewed by peer physicians along with the interprofessional team (nurses, nurse practitioners, residents).