Physicians constantly confront to death and respond in a variety of ways to the many deaths that they witness and to their own sense of mortality. Student-doctors should be exposed, prior to and during their clinical training, to these different types of responses, so that they can prepare for their encounters with the "ultimate mystery" and realize that their own reactions, uncertainties and f...

Any physician who listens to the stories of patients and explains the nature of their illness to them becomes aware of frequenit misunderstandings between patient and physician. In bedside teaching, on the presentation of patients to students, and on ward rounds one is often struck by the anxiety and confusion of patients which follow a partial or complete misunderstanding of the physician's wo...

BACKGROUND Ward rounds form an integral part of Internal Medicine teaching. This study aimed to determine the trainees' opinions regarding various aspects of their ward rounds, including how well they cover their learning needs, how they would like the rounds to be conducted, and differences of opinion between medical students and postgraduates. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted o...

OBJECTIVE Family-centered rounds (FCR) have become increasingly prevalent in pediatric hospital settings. The objective of our study was to describe time use and discrete events during pediatric inpatient rounds by using a FCR model. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study at Children's National Medical Center between September 2010 and February 2011. Investigators directly obs...

F or teachers of medicine, the outpatient clinic promises many unique educational opportunities including more complete observation of chronic diseases, closer relationships between teachers and learners, and a more appropriate forum for teaching preventive medicine, medical interviewing, and psychosocial aspects of disease. Despite these educational benefits, teachers face many challenges in t...