Making the Consult Interaction More Than a Transaction: Helping Fellows Be Better Teachers and Residents Be Better Learners

The pediatric patient admitted to an academic medical center has become increasingly complex,1 often requiring multispecialty care and inpatient consultations. Communication during consultations most frequently occurs between trainees, specifically a subspecialty consultant fellow and a resident on the primary team requesting the consultation.2 This interaction, in which the resident has a question for the fellow consultant, and the fellow has the expertise to provide an answer, involves many adult learning principles (eg, “task-centered learning” and “readiness to learn,” etc).

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - May 22, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Ariel S. Winn, Diane E.J. Stafford, Eli M. Miloslavsky, Jakob I. McSparron, Amit S. Grover, Debra Boyer Tags: Notes from the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc. Source Type: research