Catching the Vanishing Resident: Getting Residents to Come to Morning Report

Morning report is a critical educational activity for medicine residents to practice their clinical reasoning and decision making and is primarily run by chief residents. However, many chief residents have faced challenges when leading morning report, including low resident attendance, minimal resident participation due to fear of being wrong, and inappropriate oversight by attendings. This workshop provides tools and strategies to combat these common issues. Presenters will discuss and demonstrate the ways chief residents can create and maintain a culture of safety for learners, through specific language when addressing incorrect or unclear responses or how chief residents can model uncertainty. In addition, presenters will model how to utilize faculty appropriately so that they are enhancing the education of the learners rather than suppressing it. Furthermore, the presenters will discuss and practice ways to increase resident participation that chief residents can apply to their morning reports. Morning report attendance can be largely dependent on resident buy-in, so presenters will discuss ways to increase interest in morning report, such that residents are excited to attend each time. These challenges will be addressed with solutions that can be applied to a variety of programs.