title: Morning report: is the time ripe for a change?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Morning report is a time-honored part of the medical day. However, recent changes in house officer training and staffing raise questions about the educational efficacy of this daily conference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As it is currently conducted, Morning Report is an exercise in role playing that fails to achieve its main teaching objectives. This article suggests ways to modify Morning Report in an attempt to sustain the valuable purpose for which it was initially conceived.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Refocusing the objectives of Morning Report and shifting the time to noon may restore the educational value of this important conference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York, New York, USA. howard.trachtman@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trachtman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D058996:Quality Improvement; D056164:Teaching Rounds / Q000458:organization & administration*