Exploring Communication about Fall Risk and Prevention between Internal Medicine Residents and Geriatric Patients: A Needs Assessment

CONCLUSIONS: Most patients have conversations about falling with their physicians, but discrepancies exist regarding who initiates them. Data from this study suggest that attendings may be instrumental in starting these conversations. Reminder systems and fall risk didactic curricula may increase resident-initiated fall discussions.PMID:38307507 | DOI:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001652
Source: Southern Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research