Although the site visits started with a presentation of the evidence, it was limited by time and event structure (usually a didactic round).
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of weekly didactic grand rounds presentations.
To determine whether use of self-assessment (SA) questions affects the effectiveness of weekly didactic grand rounds presentations.
Fellows receive a faculty appointment at the instructor level and are actively engaged in all aspects of the Department's comprehensive educational program, including medical student conferences, resident didactics, grand rounds, and teaching in the clinic and operating room.
Fellows receive a faculty appointment at the instructor level and are actively engaged in all aspects of the department's teaching program, including medical student conferences, resident didactics, grand rounds, and teaching in the clinic and operating room.
During this period of dedicated research time, residents will maintain their weekly continuity clinic and be expected to attend departmental conferences such as Morning Report, Wednesday afternoon didactics, and Grand Rounds.
As part of the implementation of the mini-CEX program, we provided a grand round didactic lecture titled " The mini-CEX as a workplace-based assessment" for all the residents and faculty members of internal medicine, addressing the issues of in-training evaluation and the procedural aspects of the mini-CEX as a formative assessment.
In addition, the visiting Tanzanian residents share their knowledge with the Weill Cornell residents through participation in didactic conferences and teaching rounds.
Basic ECG interpretation is taught as part of the undergraduate medical curriculum, and didactic lectures and teaching rounds are the predominant methods of instruction [ 6].
The principal investigators led a variety of didactic forums including grand rounds, internal medicine house staff lectures, infectious diseases and pulmonary and critical care divisional conferences, ICU-specific physician and nursing staff unit meetings, and pharmacy and respiratory therapy conferences -- all emphasizing the ATS/IDSA guidelines [ 1] with the center-specific management plan.
