The Effect of Bedside Case Presentations on Patients' Perceptions of Their Medical Care

Authors:
  • FBFrederick L. Brancati
    Frederick L. Brancati
  • MCMin-Chi Chen
    Min-Chi Chen
  • DRDebra Roter
    Debra Roter
  • ADAdrian S. Dobs
    Adrian S. Dobs

Abstract
Concern that case presentations at the bedside may make patients uncomfortable has led many residency programs to move presentations to the conference room. We performed a randomized, controlled trial of the effect of these two approaches on patients' perceptions of their care.