Background: For the academic hospitalist, rounds are the cornerstone of teaching, learning, and patient care. At our institution, a study found that internal medicine residents on the inpatient wards spent an average of 3.4 hours rounding daily. However, most residents and attendings described rounds as “inefficient” and “low value.” With the importance of ACGME work [...]

Background: For the academic hospitalist, rounds are the cornerstone of teaching, learning, and patient care. At our institution, a study found that Internal Medicine (IM) residents on the wards spend an average of 3.4 hours rounding daily. However, most residents and attendings described rounds as “inefficient” and “low value.” With this information and with attention [...]