• J Gen Intern Med · Jan 2025

    Editorial

    Why I Discourage "ED Course" in Oral Patient Presentations.

    • John Woller.
    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. jwoller1@jhmi.edu.
    • J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jan 17.

    AbstractTrainees frequently present data, including vital signs, laboratory test results, and imaging results, just after the history or presenting illness in a section labeled "ED Course." This practice distracts from the history and physical and decenters the patient as the most valuable source of diagnostic data. Reformatting presentations to appropriately present objective data after the complete history may improve diagnosis and refocuses attention on the patient.© 2025. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine.

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