Curriculum

Clinical Activities:

Clinical responsibilities for our residents are split evenly between George Washington Medical Faculty Associates/University Hospital and the Washington, DC VA Medical Center. At each site, time is specifically allocated to weekly sessions at Children's National Health System.

George Washington University

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
AM
0800-1200	0800-1200	0800-1200	0800-1000	0800-1200	Off or Call from Home	Off or Call from Home
General Outpatient Clinic/Supportive Oncodermatology/ Acute Dermatology/HS Or Cosmetic Clinic	Mohs / Surgery Clinic General Derm Clinic	CNMC Pediatric Clinic or Surgical Clinic	Grand Rounds vs Krazy Kodachromes	Pigmented lesion clinic/ Consult and urgent care clinic
			1100-1200
			Faculty and Guest Lectures
PM		1200-1300	1200-1300
		Journal Club (1x Month)/ CPC Conference (1 x Month)	Surgery Lecture (2x a Month)
1300-1700	1300-1700	1300-1700	1300-1500	1300-1700
General Outpatient Clinic/ Supportive Oncodermatology/HS Or Cosmetic Clinic	Mohs / Surgery Clinic General Derm Clinic	General Outpatient Clinic/ RHEUM- DERM clinic or Surgical Clinic	Dermpath Academics Resident meeting Kodachrome review	ADMIN !
			1600-1700
			Andrews / Bolognia Textbook Review

At GW, all medical dermatology clinics serve as continuity clinics as patients are specifically booked under individual residents. Residents are on a rotational schedule with all faculty members for clinical and educational oversight. Residents have unique visit types that enable exposure to specific clinical engagements such as the Acute Dermatology, Hidradenitis suppurativa, and supportive Oncoderm with Dr. Adam Friedman. Residents also rotate through Mohs and the High-Risk Skin Cancer clinic with Dr. Vishal Patel, Rheum-Derm clinic with Dr. Karl Saardi, and Pediatric dermatology with Yasmine Kirkorian at Children’s National
Residents serve on the inpatient consult service on a rotational basis with Dr. Karl Saardi, Director of the inpatient consult service. Each consult service rotation lasts three months.
Resident’s have a full day of cosmetics during their surgical month block and participate in a monthly resident cosmetic clinic with Dr. Pooja Sodha. In addition, residents rotate through SkinDC with Dr.s Terrance Keaney and Jessica Kalen for live patient demos and hands on teaching.
Resident dermatopathology rotations are incorporated into the resident rotations all three years. First and second year residents have two weeks dedicated to dermatopathology; third years are allotted a full month to dermatopathology.
Second and third year residents are given the opportunity to complete an elective rotation or pursue research at a non-affiliated institution within the United States or abroad. This elective is allowed to be up to four weeks in duration. Previous elective rotations have included: Health Policy Elective (Dr. Elizabeth Robinson) and ABC News, New York Elective (Dr. Angelo Landriscina).

Washington DC VA Medical Center

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
0800-1200	Dermatology Clinic	Dermatology Surgery Cases	Dermatology Clinic	GW Didactics	Dermatology Clinic
1300-1600	Dermatology Clinic	Dermatology Clinic/Laser Clinic	1:00-2:30 Dermatolopathology Slide Review 2:30-4:00 Inpatient Consults, patient follow-up	GW Didactics	Children’s National Pediatric Clinic
1600-1700	Inpatient Rounds	Inpatient Rounds

While at the VA, residents participate in general dermatology clinics, dermatology surgery cases, laser clinics, and inpatient rounds.
Residents work closely with Drs. Mary Maiberger, Nasir Aziz, Pooja Khera, and Lauren Payne.

Resident Didactics

All residents convene on Thursdays for a full day of academic programming. An overview of the schedule is below:

Didactics:

0800–1000	Grand Rounds GW, NIH, Howard medical center and Washington Hospital Center
1100–1200	Faculty Lecture/Kodachromes Faculty and visiting lectures give clinical lectures on varying topics.
1200–1300	Surgical/Cosmetic Lecture Series Surgery lecture series Cosemtic lecture series
1300–1500	Dermatopathology Dermatopathology textbook review led by Drs. Joseph Zahn, Frank Glass, and Dr. Grace Kao. Slide review led by Dr. Joseph Zahn.
1500 - 1600	Weekly Resident/PD + APD Meeting and Lecture Residents meet weekly with Drs. Friedman and Karl Saardi for resident meeting and lecture/kodachrome review.
1600–1730	Textbook Review Taught by third year residents

While on GW service, residents participate in the following monthly conferences:

Departmental Journal Clubs (typically Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays) from 12-1pm.
Clinicopathological Conferences (CPC) (typically Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays) from 12-1pm.
GME Core Curriculum on Wednesdays from 12 noon – 1 p.m.
The GME office offers a core curriculum lecture series for all residents with topics ranging from patient safety to quality improvement from September through June. An updated schedule can be found at http://smhs.gwu.edu/academics/graduate-medical-education/current-resident-resources/core-curriculum.

GW Dermatology hosted an "Inside the Residency Program" webinar featuring program faculty and current residents. To watch the recording of the webinar and get a better idea of GW Dermatology clinical activities and resident didactics, please visit our Vimeo channel.