Conferences

Summer orientation series: This introductory course provides the core knowledge base required to function effectively as trainees within pediatric pulmonary medicine. 

Physiology Tutorial: Faculty lead interactive respiratory physiology sessions once a month with the fellows. The curriculum follows West's Respiratory Physiology Textbook. Through these sessions, fellows gain a clear understanding of pulmonary physiology and how it is altered by both disease states and therapeutic interventions.

Core Fellows Lecture Series: The weekly core lecture series provides fellows with a comprehensive knowledge base in the field of pediatric pulmonology. The curriculum for these lectures is based on the ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Pediatric Pulmonology and the Pediatric Pulmonology Content Outline provided by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Part of our mission is to teach fellows about where the field of pediatric pulmonary medicine is heading. To this end, the lecture series will also include cutting-edge topics by experts in their respective fields. Lectures are attended by both fellows (who are freed from all clinical and research duties during this time) and faculty.

New England Pediatric Pulmonary Consortium: Each week, pulmonologists from the New England area meet to discuss interesting, challenging, and educational cases. Teaching cases are posted online. Fellows often take advantage of this collaborative environment to submit cases for publication as a first author.  

Journal Club: Faculty and fellows convene for a monthly journal club to discuss current literature and cutting-edge treatments.

Patient Care and Quality Assurance: The division meets weekly for clinical case conference. Trainees and attending physicians bring challenging diagnostic and management issues to the table for group discussion and input, thereby allowing members of the division to learn from each others’ collective knowledge and experience.

Listed below are just some of the conferences offered to our fellows 

MassGeneral for Children Grand Rounds: Pediatric Grand Rounds are held every week except during the months of July and August.

Introduction to Pulmonology and Critical Care: This is a summer lecture series held during the months of July and August in order to provide adult pulmonary and critical care fellows with the core knowledge base required to function effectively as trainees within their field of practice. This lecture series is run by the adult program, and pediatric fellows are encouraged, but not required to attend.

Introductory Course for Allergy Fellows: Due to the overlap between pulmonary, allergic, and immunologic conditions, fellows have the option to attend an introductory course for allergy fellows held at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Mass General Brigham Clinical Fellows Retreat: The Graduate Medical Education Office of the Mass General Brigham invites all clinical fellows at all levels of training and across all specialties to participate in an annual Fellows Retreat. The primary goal of the fellows’ retreat is to provide clinical fellows with educational content which is important for clinical training and professional development. A secondary goal of the retreat is to provide fellows with valuable networking opportunities to meet their peers across Mass General Brigham hospitals.

National subspecialty conferences: Attendance at annual academic conferences is encouraged but not required. These include the annual Cystic Fibrosis Conference, as well as the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Fellows are encouraged to present clinical cases and research projects at these meetings and are given protected time and funding to attend at least one national conference each year of training.