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Attendees of Endocrine University show enthusiasm for the field
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No clinical case today, just pride in the future of endocrinology.
On Monday, I had the privilege of presenting part of the Bone Densitometry Cerification course to attendees at Endocrine University.
Now in its seventh year, Endocrine University, established by the American College of Endocrinology and led by the dean, Hossein Gharib, MD, brings together second-year trainees in Endocrinology Fellowship programs throughout the country. I did not do a head count, but the lecture hall was packed with at least 200 young colleagues. This week-long program instructs the fellows in many of the technical aspects of endocrinology with a lot of hands-on experience—thyroid ultrasound and biopsy, insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring, bone densitometry and more.
The trainees had a real thirst for knowledge and the number and scope of the questions they asked yesterday from the faculty members (Steven Petak, MD, JD, FACE, from Houston and Jan Bruder, MD, from San Antonio) was at a level that I have not seen in previous bone density courses at which I have presented. No doubt the faculty in the other aspects of the course experienced the same fervor.