Returning to the Bedside: Notes From a Clinical Educator.
Over the past 3 decades, teaching rounds have drifted away from the bedside in favor of management discussions in a conference room or hallway. As a result, patients and families--2 of the most valuable resources in health care--are being left out of the loop. This trend is now being reversed by bedside presentations of newly admitted patients and structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds.
professor of medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina plichste@wakehealth.edu.
Peter R
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Lichstein
D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D056164:Teaching Rounds / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends