Morning Report in Military Family Medicine Residencies

Morning report is a standard component of residency training; however, little is written about this conference in family medicine. We emailed a survey to all 17 military family medicine residency directors. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate means and SDs. Twelve of 17 programs responded. All conducted morning report and all agreed that the main purpose of morning report is education. Its educational value ranked highly (mean, 4.2; SD = 0.78; with 1 = minimal educational value and 5 = very important educational value). Programs reported morning report being held four to five times a week (66%) for 30 minutes (92%) and using preprepared cases (75%) half the time or more. Most (75%) reported having no written goals and objectives; 77% did not track educational outcomes. Although military residencies appear to regard morning report as an important educational venue, most do not have goals or objectives nor formally evaluate effectiveness.