[Role of the morning report in the training of internists].

The morning report constitutes an important part of the daily routine in the Department of Internal Medicine. According to the literature, this procedure makes an effective contribution to the training of internists, provided that a number of conditions are fulfilled (a critical but not hostile atmosphere, broad participation, a large number of patients). We compared the diseases discussed in the morning report retrospectively with the final attainment levels for the training of internists as described in the recently published 'Outline of Internal Medicine'. Of the diseases described in this outline, almost two-thirds (62.4%) had been discussed on the morning report within a period of 6 months. The morning report would seem to be an important addition to the other forms of knowledge transfer within the training of internists.