NEW GRAND ROUNDS FOR MD-PhD AND LEDER PROGRAM STUDENTS ANNOUNCED

The HMS MD/PhD program in conjunction with Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Leder Program in Human Biology and Translational Medicine proudly announce the MD/PhD-LHB Grand Rounds: Clinical Focus to be held December 10, 2008 in Eppinger Conference Room at BWH. This session is the first in a new monthly series that will bring together Harvard's community of physician-scientists and biomedical researchers for discussions about basic science, clinical medicine, and their interface.

Case title: A 39 year old man with fever, nausea, and a cough.

Student Presenter: Sarah Henrickson

Two complementary programs will be held in alternate months:

Clinically-focused sessions will be led by BWH faculty and house staff and will focus on clinical reasoning in the context of a recent clinical case. The majority of the session will be devoted to an interactive case discussion in which clinicians will lead students through the reasoning required to arrive at a diagnosis and treatment plan. This discussion will dovetail with a short research presentation by a current MD/PhD or PhD student with expertise in a related scientific field.

Science-focused sessions will be initiated by the presentation of a clinical case that will serve as a springboard for interactive discussions led by seasoned clinicians about the limits of current medical knowledge. This will segue into a brief presentation from a graduate student on his/her ongoing research efforts related to the clinical topic. Senior investigators in the field will also contribute to the discussions. The session will close with an open dialogue about salient topics from the case with an emphasis on the frontiers of clinical practice that can be advanced by clinician-scientists and biomedical researchers. To weave the clinical and research aspects of the topic together, a student in his/her PhD years will be paired with the clinical house officer presenting the case, and together they will develop a presentation.

Schedule:

5:15 pm: Light Dinner will be served
5:30-6:30 pm (sharp!): Rounds
6:30-7 pm: Student/Housestaff Dessert Social