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. 2020 Aug 10;35(12):3591–3596. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06069-6

Table 2.

Overall Structure and Content of Morning Report

Characteristic Values
Format, no. (%)
  Case-based report 193/225 (86)
  Lecture-based report 11/225 (5)
  Hybrid case-based/lecture 5/225 (2)
  Other: orientation/game/EBM/combo 16/225 (7)
Report moderator, no. (%)
  Chief resident moderator 188/225 (84)
  Attending moderator 19/225 (8)
  Resident moderator 6/225 (3)
  Combination 12/225 (5)
Format for engagement, no. (%)
  Open-ended questions 200/218 (92)
  Small group discussions 9/218 (4)
  Learners called on 2/218 (1)
  Miscellaneous 7/218 (3)
Preamble before report, no. (%) 144/225 (64)
  Announcement 79/225 (35)
  Brief case or medical question 62/225 (28)
  Discuss resident complaints 5/225 (2)
  Discuss overnight codes 0
  Follow-up from prior reports 7/225 (3)
  Quality management 12/225 (5)
  Duration of preamble, median (IQR), min 1.0 (0–5.0)
Learners, no. (%)
  Residents 221/225 (98)
  Interns 215/225 (96)
  Medical students 180/225 (80)
  Non-physicians 61/225 (27)
  Number of learners, median (IQR) 15.0 (11.0–19.0)
Proportion of learner participation, median (IQR) 52.4 (40.0–70.0)
Attendings, median no. (IQR) 3.0 (2.0–4.0)
  Hospitalist 2.0 (1.0–3.0)
  Non-hospitalist general medicine 0 (0–1.0)
  Specialist 0 (0–1.0)
  Non-internal medicine 0 (0–0.0)
  Program director or APD 0 (0–1.0)
Miscellaneous content, no. (%)
  Quality and safety 31/225 (14)
  High-value care 30/225 (13)
  Social determinants of care 20/225 (9)
  Evidence-based medicine 18/225 (8)
  Ethics 7/225 (3)
  Bedside teaching 0
Duration of report, median, min 46 (41.0–53.0)

IQR, interquartile range; min, minutes; APD, associate program director