Objective Electronic consultations (e-consults) are clinician-to-clinician communications that
may obviate face-to-face specialist visits. E-consult programs have spread within the US and …

The morbidity and mortality conference (M&MC) appears to have sprung from the efforts of
physicians to improve practice through the examination of medical errors and bad outcomes …

Purpose Previous reports document diminishing time spent on bedside teaching, with a shift
towards conference rooms and corridors. This study explored faculty's perceptions of the …

Purpose Literature reviews indicate that the proportion of clinical educational time devoted
to bedside teaching ranges from 8% to 19%. Previous studies regarding this paucity have …

CONTEXT: Communication of bad news to patients or families is a difficult task that requires
skill and sensitivity. Little is known about doctors' formative experiences in giving bad news …

PURPOSE Studies show that measures of physician and medical students' empathy decline
with clinical training. Presently, there are limited data relating self-reported measures to …

This study sought to determine the prevalence and characteristics of morbidity and mortality
conferences (M&MCs) in US internal medicine training programs. Two hundred ninety-five of …

OBJECTIVE: To describe black residents' perceptions of the impact of race on medical
training. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Open-ended interviews were conducted of black …

OBJECTIVE Rigorous evidence is lacking whether online games can improve patients'
longer-term health outcomes. We investigated whether an online team-based game …

Background: Electronic consultations (e-consults) offer rapid access to specialist input
without the need for a patient visit. E-consult implementation began in 2011 at VA Boston …