Background: Self-reflection facilitates the identification of performance gaps and is a critical step in the process of behavior change among physicians.  However, little is known about reflection and its relation to behavior change in hospital medicine (HM) continuing medical education (CME).  Our objectives were to identify associations between validated reflection scores and characteristics of CME [...]

Background: Feedback on clinical management and diagnostic accuracy may enhance physicians’ learning and reduce diagnostic error. Residents on night admitting rotations rarely receive feedback on their clinical management and seldom have the opportunity to reflect on their patients’ clinical courses. Barriers include the lack of a structured approach to feedback and reflection, discontinuous training environments, [...]

Background: Readmissions continue to be a significant burden on health systems and in 2017 nearly 80% of all hospitals face financial penalties for 30-day readmissions. There are limited examples of standardized processes for notifying discharging physicians of readmissions real-time and encouraging physician self-reflection on reasons for readmissions. Purpose: In the present study, we created a [...]