Table 2 Description of attending comments
From: What internal medicine attendings talk about at morning report: a multicenter study
Characteristic | Valuesa |
|---|---|
Type of Attending Commenter, No (%) | |
Hospitalist | 846/2,333 (36) |
General Internist | 699/2,333 (30) |
Internal Medicine Subspecialist | 769/2,333 (33) |
Non-internist | 19/2,333 (0.8) |
Commenter, PD or APD, No (%) | |
Yes | 414/2,333(18) |
No | 1,919/2,333 (82) |
Comments per Report, Mean (SD) | 9.4 (7.4) |
Comment Duration, No (%)b | |
< 10 s | 376/1,735 (22) |
10–60 s | 788/1,735 (45) |
1–2 min | 318/1,735 (18) |
2–3 min | 147/1,735 (6) |
3–4 min | 50/1,735 (3) |
4–5 min | 14/1,735 (1) |
> 5 min | 44/1,735 (3) |
Comment In-person or Virtual Audio/Video or Chat, No (%) | |
In-person | 889/2,333 (38) |
Virtual, audio | 847/2,333 (36) |
Virtual, chat | 597/2,333 (26) |
Did Comment Prompt discussion, No (%) | |
Yes | 945/2,321 (41) |
No | 1,376/2,321 (59) |
Comment Prompted by Facilitator, No (%) | |
Yes | 476/2,321 (21) |
No | 1,845/2,321 (79) |
Did Comment Teach, No (%) | |
Yes | 1,705/2,333 (73) |
No | 628/2,333 (27) |
Type of Teaching, No (%) | |
Differential Diagnosis | 361/1,727 (21) |
Management | 245/1,727 (14) |
Testing | 165/1,727 (10) |
Labs | 137/1,727 (8) |
Clinical Reasoning | 122/1,727 (7) |
Physician Exam | 116/1,727 (7) |
Pathophysiology | 112/1,727 (6) |
History | 99/1,727 (6) |
Evidence Appraisal | 92/1,727 (5) |
Imaging | 65/1,727 (4) |
High Value Care | 22/1,727 (1) |
Patient Safety | 19/1,727 (1) |
EKG | 13/1,727 (0.7) |
Ethics | 10/1,727 (0.6) |
Social Determinants of Health | 8/1,727 (0.5) |
Medical Education | 5/1,727 (0.3) |
Multiple | 87/1,727 (5) |
Type of Non-teaching Comment, No (%) | |
Question | 304/611 (50) |
Joke | 83/611 (14) |
Past Experience | 52/611 (9) |
Next Step in Care | 23/611 (4) |
Announcement | 22/611 (4) |
Criticism of patient care | 9/611 (1) |
Other | 118/611 (19) |