Bringing Teaching Back to the Bedside
Authors: Michael A. LaCombe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2021)

EditorialsSeptember 2021Bringing Teaching Back to the BedsideMichael A. LaCombe, MDMichael A. LaCombe, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M21-2447 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Many faculty, trainees, students, and patients prefer bedside teaching to teaching without the patient present. Yet, estimates suggest that the occurrence of bedside teaching in academic centers varies from a low of less than 1% to a high of only 25% (1). Why don't we do it? Excuses abound—bedside teaching takes too much time, makes patients uncomfortable, confuses rather than improves patients' health-related knowledge, causes anxiety for trainees and students, and increases infection risk (2).In their article, Becker and colleagues (3) address some of these excuses with an impressive amount of rigor. They report a randomized controlled trial that ...References1. Gonzalo JD, Heist BS, Duffy BL, et al. The art of bedside rounds: a multi-center qualitative study of strategies used by experienced bedside teachers. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28:412-20. [PMID: 23129164] doi:10.1007/s11606-012-2259-2 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Ibrahim SM, Shuster S, Aina D, et al. Seven ways to get a grip on facilitating bedside team rounding. Can Med Educ J. 2021;12:e85-e88. [PMID: 33680235] doi:10.36834/cmej.70481 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Becker C, Gamp M, Schuetz P, et al; BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE Study Group. Effect of bedside compared with outside the room patient case presentation on patients' knowledge about their medical care. A randomized, controlled, multicenter trial. Ann Intern Med. 2021;174:1282-92. doi:10.7326/M21-0909 Google Scholar4. Gonzalo JD, Chuang CH, Huang G, et al. The return of bedside rounds: an educational intervention. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:792-8. [PMID: 20386997] doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1344-7 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Alpert JS. Some thoughts on bedside teaching. Am J Med. 2009;122:203-4. [PMID: 19272476] doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.10.024 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Fitzgerald FT. Curiosity. Ann Intern Med. 1999;130:70-2. [PMID:9890857] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Associate Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine Disclosures: The author has reported no disclosures of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M21-2447.Corresponding Author: Michael A. LaCombe, MD, 12 Eighth Maine Avenue, Peaks Island, ME, 04108; e-mail, [email protected]com.This article was published at Annals.org on 29 June 2021. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoEffect of Bedside Compared With Outside the Room Patient Case Presentation on Patients' Knowledge About Their Medical Care Christoph Becker , Martina Gamp , Philipp Schuetz , Katharina Beck , Alessia Vincent , Seraina Hochstrasser , Kerstin Metzger , Madlaina Widmer , Emanuel Thommen , Beat Mueller , Christoph A. Fux , Jörg D. Leuppi , Rainer Schaefert , Wolf Langewitz , Marten Trendelenburg , Tobias Breidthardt , Jens Eckstein , Michael Osthoff , Stefano Bassetti , Sabina Hunziker , and Annals On Call - Bedside Rounds: The Patient Experience Robert M. Centor and Lisa L. Willett Metrics Cited byPoint/Counterpoint: Should patients be presented before entering the room during ward rounds?Bedside Teaching in Rural Family Medicine Education in JapanBEDSIDE TEACHING IN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION September 2021Volume 174, Issue 9Page: 1323-1324KeywordsHospital medicineMedical educationPatientsResidencyVisual analog scale ePublished: 29 June 2021 Issue Published: September 2021 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2021 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...