Physician-nurse collegiality in the medical school curriculum: exploratory workshop and student questionnaire.

Medical education is the key to improvements in physician-nurse relationships and communication. The results of a workshop for second-year medical students on collegiality organized by The Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Nursing and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine are presented. The workshop follow-up roundtable discussion is summarized and the results of a survey of medical students' perception of professional nursing are presented.