A series of lectures whose subject matter is a particular patient or similar case.

Grand rounds help doctors and other healthcare professionals keep up to date in important evolving areas which may be outside of their core practice. Most departments at major teaching hospitals will have their own specialized, often weekly, grand rounds. Attending grand rounds is also an important supplement to medical school and on-the-job resident training. Grand rounds can also be distinguished from rounds which is the (typically) daily visit by the attending physician and team to all that physician's patients on the ward. Rounding with an attending physician is an important part of medical on-the-job training and education, but its primary focus is immediate care for the patients on the ward. Grand rounds tends to present the bigger picture, including experience with patients over many years, and the newest research and treatments in an area. Grand rounds tend to be open to the entire medical professional community, whereas rounds are specific to individual attending physicians and their teams.

 

Objectives / goals

• Improve the psychological resiliency of medial professional by building supportive, safe learning environments

  • Encourage collegial connection & support

  • Promote 'experience sharing' through clinically-applicable case discussions

  • Promote medical problem-solving skills applicable to novel and emerging medical solutions

• Develop virtual interaction skills in medical professionals

  • Increase confidence in virtual webinar presentation skills

  • Provide a virtual practice venue for medical professionals to practice presenting new material/presentations/ideas to colleagues and receive feedback