Annals of Family Medicine
The List
Study Type: Reflective essay / narrative commentary (not original research; no methods or data reported).
Key Question: How can humanistic, person-centred care be taught and modelled to family medicine residents amid the time pressures of inpatient rounds?
Key Findings:
- No quantitative or formal qualitative findings are reported; the abstract describes three clinical encounters used as narrative illustration.
- The author identifies a recurring tension between task completion ("the list") and connecting with patients as people.
- The essay suggests residents' own emotional and human needs are as easily overlooked as patients', though this is not empirically tested.
Clinical Relevance: Highlights the hidden curriculum and workload pressures affecting trainee wellbeing and compassionate care, which resonates with GP trainers and educational supervisors in the NHS working under sustained time and workload constraints.
Limitations: Not applicable in the conventional sense for a reflective piece, though the observations derive from a single author's perspective in a US inpatient setting and are not generalisable evidence.
