Ambulatory Morning Report: A Case-Based Method of Teaching EBM Through Experiential Learning.

Objectives: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills are important to daily practice, but residents generally feel unskilled incorporating EBM into practice. The Kolb experiential learning theory, as applied to curricular planning, offers a unique methodology to help learners build an EBM skill set based on clinical experiences. We sought to blend the learner-centered, case-based merits of the morning report with an experientially based EBM curriculum.

Residents-as-teachers: implementing a toolkit in morning report to redefine resident roles.

Background: Morning report was initially created to meet service needs.

Purpose: The objective was to improve morning report through a toolkit combining principles of learning theory with resident teaching.

Methods: The toolkit consists of three parts: a guideline describing expectations, a worksheet outlining teaching plans, and a feedback form facilitating post-presentation feedback.

Postprandial hypotension.

Postprandial hypotension is both common in geriatric patients and an important but under-recognized cause of syncope. Other populations at risk include those with Parkinson disease and autonomic failure. The mechanism is not clearly understood, but appears to be secondary to a blunted sympathetic response to a meal.