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Attending Rounds with the iPad – Hype or Hindrance?

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I recently completed a two week tour of duty on the wards in July with new residents, interns, and students. Attending (serving as the supervising doctor for the team of residents, interns and students) in July can be challenging, but also one of the most rewarding clinical experiences as a faculty member. The interns and residents are eager to learn and your teaching may have a more lasting impact as the residents and students are just forming the habits that will become the foundation of their clinical practice. Over the last six years, I actually request to be on service in July for this reason. Despite all the recent concern about the ‘July effect’, attendings are often hovering closer and more involved in patient care than in other months. This July, I also took that opportunity to test the iPad on the wards to firsthand experience how it stacked up.

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