The Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is particularly proud of the quality and diversity of the teaching experience. Several important conferences are offered as part of the teaching program. Among the most valued is the Pulmonary and Critical Care Morning Report, a daily 30 minute case based conference that presents three new patients drawn from the intensive care units, consult services and outpatient clinics, plus follow-up from previous days. The conference is attended by faculty, fellows, residents and students, with a goal of developing a formalized approach to clinical problem solving.

The core curriculum is divided into a year-long weekly comprehensive clinical Pulmonology Lecture Series, and a Critical Care Lecture Series. The Pulmonology Lecture Series consists of weekly lectures covering pulmonary pathophysiology, pulmonary disease states, diagnostic imaging and incorporates a monthly journal club.

The Critical Care Lecture Series is offered four days a week in the Medical Intense Care Unit. This conference reviews an extensive syllabus in the pathophysiology of critical illness. At first taught by the faculty, fellows are expected later in their training to take on the challenge of teaching this syllabus to the medicine residents and students.

Additional conferences are offered on a weekly basis. A Research in Progress Conference highlights the work of clinical and post-doctoral fellows, as well as junior faculty. This conference provides research fellows with valuable feedback on their work and serves as an introduction to the principles of cell and molecular biology, physiology, and clinical research. A Clinical Pulmonary / Critical Care Case Conference is organized and run by the fellows, and spotlights one particularly interesting case with a thorough, critical review of the medical literature. A weekly Chest Radiology Conference reviews interesting cases and is attended by both the pulmonary and chest radiology services. A Pulmonary Pathology Conference is held weekly during the summer months, providing a comprehensive review of pulmonary pathology to incoming fellows, and then continues monthly as a case based conference for the remainder of the year. Research faculty provide seminars and a Research Journal Club through their laboratory programs.