Feasibility and validation of real-time patient evaluations of internal medicine interns' communication and professionalism skills.

Background: Residents receive little information about how they interact with patients.

Objective: This pilot study assessed the feasibility and validity of a new 16-item tool developed to assess patients' perspectives of interns' communication skills and professionalism and the team's communication.

Methods: Feasibility was determined by the percentage of surveys completed, the average time for survey completion, the percentage of target interns evaluated, and the mean number of evaluations per intern.