Impact of a teaching attending physician on medical student, resident, and faculty perceptions and satisfaction.

Objectives: To determine if a dedicated teaching attending for medical student education improves medical student, attending physician, and resident perceptions and satisfaction.

Methods: Two dedicated teaching attending physician shifts were added to the clinical schedule each week. A before-after trial compared medical student evaluations from 2000 to 2004 (preteaching attending physician) to medical student evaluations from 2005 to 2006 (teaching attending physician).