“A friendly reminder” – Improving workflow and efficiency in a pulmonary fellows’ outpatient continuity clinic

Continuity clinic for fellowship trainees is a distinct part of the graduate medical education curriculum. This aspect of training exposes fellows to specialty-specific ambulatory practices and cultivates relationships with patients and clinic preceptors. Increasing clinical responsibilities across separate hospital systems, mounting electronic inbox tasks, and growing barriers to patient care help develop pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) fellow's ability to balance inpatient practice with maintaining availability for their clinic patients.

Source: Heart and Lung - November 3, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Alan Hyslop, Roberto Swazo, Joseph P Smith Source Type: research