Comparing oral case presentation formats on internal medicine inpatient rounds: a survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral case presentations - structured verbal reports of clinical cases - are fundamental to patient care and learner education. Despite their continued importance in a modernized medical landscape, their structure has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s, based on the traditional Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (SOAP) format developed for medical records. We developed a problem-based alternative known as Events, Assessment, Plan (EAP) to understand the perceived efficacy of EAP compared to SOAP among learners.

Methods

We surveyed (Qualtrics, via email) all third- and fourth-year medical students and internal medicine residents at a large, academic, tertiary care hospital and associated Veterans Affairs medical center. The primary outcome was trainee p

SUBMITTER: Appold B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10210329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature