Upcoming Special Events

A. Todd Davis Pediatric Education Symposium

Intended to foster and develop skills relating to medical education, Dr. A. Todd Davis sponsors this series for all levels of physicians and trainees in the Department of Pediatrics.  Last year, visiting professor Larrie Greenberg, MD of George Washington University lead sessions on teaching, evaluating, reflective thinking, and several others.  Information on this year's event will be coming soon.

Regularly Scheduled Events

Pediatrics Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds are held every Friday morning from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. in Bigler Auditorium at Children's Memorial Hospital.  Northwestern University's distinguished faculty present, along with other nationwide experts, on various subject areas.  Recent topics have included Resident Simulation Training, Adolescent Obesity, Organ Donation, and HPV Vaccination.  See the current Grand Rounds schedule. 

FIRM Conference

FIRM is one of our most unique multidisciplinary conferences, taking place Tuesday mornings from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. in the Winter Conference Center. Each week, faculty from each of the pediatric disciplines discuss and debate a single recent case from the wards. Trainees are able to sit back and learn from the experts as they generate a differential, present cutting-edge evidence-based data, and work through the medical decision making process.  Transcriptions of FIRM are published monthly in the journal Pediatric Annals. 

Accreditation Statements

The Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Faculty disclosures will be made at each Grand Rounds session.  At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Discuss current diagnostic process for given disease presented.
• List treatment strategies for disease process being presented.