Table 1

Summary of the structure and format of Mortality and Morbidity meetings

Meeting characteristics	General medical division			Specialist division
Meeting characteristics	Test group 1	Test group 2	Control 1	Test group 3	Control 2
Frequency	Weekly	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly and then weekly	Not formalised
Timing	Working hours	Lunchtime	Lunchtime	Lunchtime	Working hours
Length	20–30 min	1 h	1 h	3 h then 1 h	1 h
Venue	Departmental seminar room	Lecture theatre in medical school	Hospital committee room	Departmental seminar room	Departmental seminar room
Reason for organisation	Part of a management meeting	Part of a grand round programme	Capacity and semiformal setting	Local and easily accessible	Part of the professional development programme
Attendees	Consultants, a junior doctor representative, clinical director, senior nurses, managers	Consultants, junior doctors, senior nurse, governance managers	Consultants, junior doctors	Consultants, junior doctors, clinical director, nurses	Consultants, junior doctors, clinical director nurses, pharmacists and dietician
Number of attendees	12	15–35	18–20	24–41	25