Background: Oral case presentations are a core learning opportunity for students, during which they synthesize data, develop assessments and plans, and communicate clinical reasoning. However, during focus groups at our institution, faculty and students described presentations as inefficient, redundant, and lacking standardized expectations. Faculty were overall dissatisfied with student presentations. Students described presentations as stressful [...]

Background: Perioperative medicine focuses on providing patient-centered care throughout the pre-operative and post-operative periods. This area of medicine is critical given its potential to limit complications, improve post-operative outcomes, and decrease the duration of hospitalization after surgery. In recent years, perioperative medicine teaching during residency has become a requirement by The Accreditation Council for Graduate [...]

Background: In the ever-evolving field of healthcare, the need for physicians to understand cost considerations is paramount. Cultivating cost awareness among residents is critical as residents play a pivotal role in shaping the future of medicine. However, the incorporation of cost-consciousness into medical education remains a challenge, often overshadowed by clinical priorities. By examining current [...]

Background: Poor noon conference attendance is a universal problem across residency programs, particularly for inpatient rotations. Residents commonly face the decision to either attend a conference or continue their work on busy services. Food incentives, mandatory attendance standards, or implementation of consequences for absences are largely ineffective. Conversely, a study suggests that lecture topics and [...]

Background: Hospital at Home (HaH) is an expanding clinical model that delivers inpatient-level care to patients in their homes, substituting a traditional hospital stay. It is becoming a standard of care at many institutions, yet there are still few formally established processes for integrating medical trainees despite clear benefits for both the program’s growth and [...]

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an invaluable clinical tool gaining traction as more physicians recognize its utility. However, pediatric residency programs lag behind internal medicine (IM) and emergency medicine in incorporating formal POCUS training. A survey of 90 programs found that 37.5% of IM and 43.5% of medicine-pediatrics (MP) programs offered formal curricula, compared to [...]