title: Improving medical grand rounds: recommendations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The literature provides increasing evidence on how continuing medical education (CME) programs can change provider behavior and improve patient outcomes. Few authors discuss the application of those findings on a relatively common CME activity--grand rounds. Two recent publications about a case study of Medical Grand Rounds provide such an opportunity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple opportunities exist to improve Medical Grand Rounds across each of five evidence-based practices of effective CME: needs assessment, multifaceted intervention strategy, sequencing, interaction, and commitment to change. Planners, presenters, and participants each have a distinct and important role in improving Medical Grand Rounds.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article identifies important opportunities for planners, presenters, and participants to improve Medical Grand Rounds as a vehicle for changing provider behavior and improving patient outcomes.
authors: University of Connecticut School of Nursing, 231 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2026, Storrs, CT 06269-2026, USA. tom.vanhoof@uconn.edu
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Van Hoof
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Monson
authors: Gibran T
authors: GT
authors: Majdalany
authors: Tierney E
authors: TE
authors: Giannotti
authors: Thomas P
authors: TP
authors: Meehan
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies