title: Medical grand rounds: alive and well and living in Canada.
abstract: Grand rounds have long been the principal educational activity of departments of medicine at teaching hospitals. Several recent articles have suggested that there has been a general deterioration in the quality of grand rounds. To evaluate their status in Canada we mailed a questionnaire to the chairmen of the departments of medicine at the 53 Canadian teaching hospitals; of the 48 responses received (91%), 38 were from chairmen, 5 were from senior department members, and 5 were from chief residents. The results indicated that grand rounds continued to be the principal teaching exercise of the departments. Of the respondents 98% felt that the quality had improved or stayed the same. The overall attendance was considered to have improved or remained unchanged for the past decade by 75%; 25% thought that it had declined. The diminished emphasis on patient-related topics concerned 10%. The respondents gave numerous suggestions, which should help organizers to improve the impact of grand rounds on learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004501:Education, Medical; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires