TRACER: an 'eye-opener' to the patient experience across the transition of care in an internal medicine resident program.

Background: A safe patient transition requires a complex set of physician skills within the interprofessional practice.

Objective: To evaluate a rotation which applies self-reflection and workplace learning in a TRAnsition of CarE Rotation (TRACER) for internal medicine (IM) residents. TRACER is a 2-week required IM resident rotation where trainees join a ward team as a quality officer and follow patients into postacute care.