Background: Pediatric hospitalists are responsible for educating varying levels of learners while overseeing rounds to deliver high-quality care in an inpatient setting. While many teaching techniques are described, impactful teaching during rounds is a skill not always taught in training. Efficient utilization of teaching techniques is an endeavor that requires tutelage, repetition, and strategic practice. [...]

Background: Peer observation and feedback (POF) is a well-documented tool for faculty development for both medical and non-medical educators. However, in our hospital medicine division of over 150 faculty at an urban academic center, only 16 peer observations were completed in the 2022-2023 academic year as part of our division’s voluntary, formally structured peer observation [...]

Background: Pediatric hospitalists are responsible for educating various levels of learners when overseeing rounds to provide high quality care to patients and families. While many effective teaching techniques are described in the literature, efficient teaching on rounds is a skill not always taught during training. The effective use of these techniques by pediatric hospitalists is [...]

Background: Pediatric hospitalists are responsible for providing high quality care in the hospital setting while teaching learners and maintaining a professional learning environment. This skill is rarely taught during medical training. Peer observation is a collaborative tool with potential for mutual benefit; offering the observer an opportunity to learn new strategies and the individual observed [...]