Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Sitting at the bedside may improve patient-clinician communication; however, many clinicians do not regularly sit during inpatient encounters. ⋯ Adding wall-mounted folding chairs may help promote effective patient-clinician communication.
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To determine the association between inpatient team continuity, defined as the maximum number of days the same student, resident, and attending worked together on the inpatient wards, and the academic performance of students in a pediatric block clerkship. ⋯ Increased inpatient team continuity is associated with students receiving higher preceptor ratings and achieving a higher final pediatric clerkship grade. While the mechanisms driving these associations remain unknown, the results add to the literature base supporting the importance of preceptor continuity in undergraduate medical education.