Bedside Rounds Revisited

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Nearly 40 years after William Osler advocated “radical reform” at Johns Hopkins to bring medical education to the bedside,1 Romano reported the observations of 100 patients at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital whose physicians had made case presentations during ward rounds.2 He concluded: “Ward round teaching, when conducted tactfully and sympathetically . . . is not a traumatic emotional experience to patients but educates and reassures them.”2 In the five decades since Romano's report, there has been a progressive decline in the practice of bedside teaching.3,4 The perception that patients are uncomfortable during rounds at the bedside is often cited . . .

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