EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AMBULATORY MORNING REPORT

The educational characteristics of ambulatory morning report were comp ared with those of the inpatient morning report sessions over a five-m onth period. Ambulatory morning report had fewer total participants an d was more likely to cover general internal medicine topics (p < 0.05) , the medical interview (6.8% vs 1.2%, p = 0.02), and social issues (9 .6% vs 1.2%, p = 0.02). Morning report conference can be replicated in the ambulatory setting, thus providing an opportunity to discuss gene ral medicine topics not usually addressed in the inpatient setting.