Table 1.

Characteristics of Outpatient Morning Report in U.S. Internal Medicine Residency Programs

	n(%)
Programs with outpatient morning report	88 (23.8%)
Frequency of sessions
1–2 times/month	12 (13%)
1 time/week	35 (40%)
2–5 times/week	41 (47%)
Who attends the sessions?*
Attending physician	82 (93%)
Chief resident	59 (67%)
Resident	88 (100%)
Medical student†	58 (66%)
Who leads the sessions?*
Attending physician	53 (60%)
Chief resident	40 (45%)
Resident	24 (27%)
Medical student	1 (1%)
Who chooses the cases?*
Attending physician	32 (36%)
Chief resident	32 (36%)
Resident	64 (73%)
Medical student	10 (11%)
Who presents the cases?*
Attending physician	20 (23%)
Chief resident	13 (15%)
Resident	85 (97%)
Medical student	17 (19%)

^*Respondents could check as many options as applied for this category. Therefore, the sum of the percentages for this category exceeds 100%.

^†Twenty percent of medical students were classified as third-year students, 18% as fourth-year students, 62% as third- and fourth-year students.