“Patient's Family Wants an Update”: A Curriculum for Senior Medical Students to Deliver Telephone Updates for Hospitalized Patients

“Who would you like me to call?”

“…Indeed, medical education workshops have been developed to better equip medical trainees for this important task. 2 I am mindful that few situations result in the level of emotional powerlessness as illness in oneself or in a loved one. It has been said that I cannot be a good physician without being a good person, and it is in these situations of duress that the golden rule takes on meaning.…”