Important adjuncts to the surgical training which the residents and interns receive are the teaching conferences.  Seminars and panel discussions are held throughout the year.  All the medical disciplines hold weekly departmental conferences, seminars and bedside rounds.  The following conferences are scheduled by the Department of Surgery.
 

Surgical	Trauma	Study Didactic	Preoperative and Interesting Case
Surgical Pathology	X-Ray	Pathology Study Course	Orthopedic Surgery
Thoracic	Surgical Journal Club	Teaching Rounds	Obstetric/Gynecology
Vascular Surgery	Quarterly General Medical Staff Meetings	Morbidity & Mortality	Research and Investigation

Surgical Conferences -- (Clinical & Basic Science)

Surgical conferences are held at weekly intervals.  The presentations are carried out by the local surgical staff and the surgical faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine as well as visiting professors from other medical schools.

Surgical-Pathology Conference

A Surgical-Pathology Conference is held monthly.  All surgical interns and residents attend.  Gross specimens and microscopic slides of case materials operated upon during the previous month are exhibited together with the clinical history discussed by the house officer basically responsible for the patient's care.

Thoracic Conference

The Thoracic Conference meets monthly.  Attending faculty on the general surgery service, thoracic surgery service, and the internal medicine service participate in the monthly meetings.  Patients from the medicine and surgery services are presented by their respective residents.

Vascular Surgery Conference

Vascular Surgery Conference meets monthly.

Trauma Conference

Trauma Conference meets monthly.

X-Ray Conference

Periodic X-ray Conferences are held under the direction of the Department of Radiology.  Current cases and interesting file films are presented and discussed.

Surgical Journal Club

Attending staff physicians are assigned to each Journal Club which meets monthly.  Specific journals are assigned to interns and residents to review.

Quarterly General Medical Staff Meetings

Four Quarterly General Medical Staff meetings are held each year.  The hospital activities are reviewed at these meetings, and the program is presented by either resident staff with discussion by the attending staff or by special outside speakers.

Study Didactic Conference

This is held weekly.  This is a question - answer session directed by one of the surgery faculty.

Pathology Study Course

The Pathology Study Course is held at monthly intervals.  This study course is designed to cover all fields of patholo-gy and is conducted by the Department of Pathology.  The content of this course takes about two years to present.

Teaching Rounds

Surgical teaching rounds are held daily with one of the surgery faculty members.  When appropriate, a lecture is held in place of formal rounds. Surgery Grand Rounds are held each Wednesday morning with the chief of surgery and the surgery faculty.  Staff rounds on the Orthopedic Service are held on a daily basis with one of the orthopedic faculty.  On the other sub-specialty services, rounds are scheduled with the attending surgeon
covering the service.

Morbidity & Mortality Conference

Morbidity & Mortality Conference meets weekly to review all the complications and deaths which occurred during the previous week.  This is actively participated in by house staff and attending staff.

Grand Rounds

This is a weekly formal lecture series usually presented by visiting faculty.

Preoperative and Interesting Case Conference

Preoperative Conference is held weekly to review and discuss cases scheduled for operation.  Interesting cases are presented as unknowns.  The faculty discussion is lively and instructive.

Orthopedic Surgery Conference

Orthopedic Surgery Conference meets monthly.

Obstetric/Gynecology Conference

Surgical interns and residents are encouraged to attend Obstetric & Gynecology Conference.

Research and Investigation

Each resident is encouraged to engage in a specific program of research and clinical review during his/her period of training.  With the large number and variety of patients seen in this institution, there are many excellent opportunities for clinical investigation.