What advice do you have for new hospitalists attending on teaching services for the first time?

My advice is to focus less on being the "expert" and more on creating the conditions for learning. Medical education has changed considerably over the past decade. We now recognize that the most effective teaching attendings are not simply those with the greatest fund of knowledge, but those who fos...

I think there are three main things that contribute to success when attending a teaching team, though this is not an exhaustive list, of course- just some good starting points in my opinion! Also, this is internal medicine influenced, as that's what I practice.

1. Set clear expectations for your team:...

I think a lot of new teaching attendings put a lot of pressure on themselves to do all the teaching. Instead, I found it to be a lot of fun to assign the next day's teaching to the students or the residents. This gets them all engaged, ensures they are looking up evidence-based practice, and gives t...