Morning Report
Authors: Edward D. Harris
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1993)

Editorials1 September 1993Morning ReportEdward D. Harris, MDEdward D. Harris, MDDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5109.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-119-5-199309010-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Morning Report is a fixture in most internal medicine training programs. Replies from 117 of 124 university departments of Medicine surveyed revealed that 115 conducted this ritual each weekday and occasionally on the weekends [1]. Despite the universal practice of having the ward residents meet with the Chairman and the program director, usually without interns, there is little consensus about format [2]. The Residency Review Committee of the American College of Graduate Medical Education does not require a daily residents' report, so the exercise must satisfy certain objectives of both residents and training program directors.Wenger and Shpiner, in this ...References1. Parrino TA, Villanueva AG. The principles and practice of morning report. JAMA. 1986; 256:730-3. Google Scholar2. Schiffman FJ, Mayo-Smith MF, Burton MD. Resident report: a conference with many uses. R I Med J. 1990; 73:95-102. Google Scholar3. Wenger NS, Shpiner RB. An analysis of morning report: implications for internal medicine education. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 119:395-9. Google Scholar4. Brancati FL. Morning distort. JAMA. 1991; 266:1627. Google Scholar5. Lazare A. Shame and humiliation in the medical encounter. Arch Intern Med. 1987; 147:1653-8. Google Scholar6. Skeff KM, Stratos GA, Berman J, Bergen MR. Improving clinical teaching. Evaluation of a national dissemination program. Arch Intern Med. 1992; 152:1156-61. Google Scholar7. Skeff KM, Stratos GA, Bergen MR, Albright CL, Berman J, Farquhar JW, et al. The Stanford faculty development program: a dissemination approach to faculty development for medical teachers. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 1992; 4(3):180-7. Google Scholar8. Skeff KM. Enhancing teaching effectiveness and vitality in the ambulatory setting. J Gen Intern Med. 1988; 3:S26-S33. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5109.Corresponding Author: Edward D. Harris, Jr., MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5109. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAn Analysis of Morning Report: Implications for Internal Medicine Education Neil S. Wenger and Robert B. Shpiner Metrics Cited bySelf- and rater-assessed effectiveness of “thinking-aloud” and “regular” morning report to intensify young physicians’ clinical skillsExperience of morning reports in the emergency departmentMorning Report: Can an Established Medical Education Tradition Be Validated?How Physicians Communicate with Themselves, Their Patients and OthersAging Q3A national survey of medical morning handover report in Australian hospitalsA new paradigm for morning report: a collaborative effort between the Department of Internal Medicine and the Medical LibraryIntakes Conference: Understanding the Impact of Resident Autonomy on a Morning Report ConferenceMorning report: an Australian experienceEvidence-Based Medicine Morning ReportPediatric Jeopardy May Increase Residents' Medical ReadingMorning ReportDo morning report format changes affect educational content?Evidence-Based Morning ReportMorning Report: A Forum for Reporting Adverse Drug ReactionsMorning report revisited 1 September 1993Volume 119, Issue 5Page: 430-431KeywordsHospitalsInpatientsLength of stayMedical educationMemoryMotivationOutpatientsPatientsProblem solvingResidency Issue Published: 1 September 1993 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1993 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...