[Teaching and learning during attending rounds in internal medicine: an anthropological study]

This anthropological research aims to highlight the educational approaches in action during attending rounds. The goal is to understand how specific learning domains, professional socialization and learning environments are influenced by the different ways of conducting attending rounds. Two formats of rounds were noted: the IN format, when the patient case is presented in the patient room, and the OUT format. Six educational approaches were identified. The attending round format has an impact on the approaches used. The latter contribute to the development, to varying degrees, of knowledge, skills and attitudes. Attending rounds remain a space for "top-down" transmission and supervision, even though some approaches involve learner initiatives and peer group logic.