Background: New internal medicine interns are expected to be familiar with bedside procedures such as paracentesis. Medical students frequently have inadequate dedicated time to learn bedside procedures and are taught in a fragmented manner. As a result, new interns lack familiarity with these procedures. As such, we assessed whether a comprehensive module for paracentesis would [...]

Background: Advanced practice providers play a significant role in hospital medicine across the country. The 2018 State of Hospital Medicine report from the Society of Hospital Medicine found that 75% of hospital medicine groups include advanced practice providers. At our urban, tertiary care, public hospital, physician assistants (PAs) comprise forty percent of internal medicine ward [...]

Background: Feedback from last year’s Residency Essentials course identified cross-cover as a deficiency. We designed a simulation based cross-cover exercise for fourth-year medical students. The objective was to have students address common cross-cover scenarios and determine need to respond to a page in-person versus telephone. Purpose: Interns are expected to cross-cover but lack formal training. Cross-cover requires gathering pertinent [...]