Background: Medical students and interns are the primary communicators during pediatric patient- and family-centered rounds (PFCR). Presenter empowerment actions (PEAs) represent behaviors that empower presenters during PFCR to deliver effective, patient- and family-centered care. Third year (M3) and fourth year (M4) medical students are not formally trained on PEAs and their use of PEAs has [...]

Background: In response to skyrocketing healthcare costs, providing high value care is an increasing priority for health care systems. Physicians are responsible for translating high value care (HVC) to the bedside, however there is a paucity of instruments designed to measure observable markers of HVC at the beside. This confounds efforts to develop and measure [...]