Teaching inpatient medicine – what every physician needs to know
Abstract:
The topics covered in this article include:
- Practical instruction on effective clinical instruction drawn from the collective wisdom of 12 renowned inpatient attending physicians
- Informed by the authors’ extensive experience as a physician-educator and medical anthropologist schooled in observing and documenting clinical interactions
- Covers all aspects of clinical instruction from imparting medical knowledge to cultivating positive and productive working relationships
- Concrete examples of best practices make it easy for readers to incorporate them into their own teaching and mentoring activities
- Accessibly and entertainingly written, with granular knowledge pearls for both educators and learners