Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue associated with increased healthcare utilization and worse outcomes. The majority of IPV research is conducted in emergency and outpatient populations.

Despite the high prevalence and significant health effects of intimate partner violence (IPV), little is known about its associations with hospitalization.

Although social and environmental factors are central to provider–patient interactions, the data that reflect these factors can be incomplete, vague, and subjective. We sought to create a conceptual framework to describe and classify data about presence, the domain of interpersonal connection in medicine.

In this cohort study, we analyzed morning report conferences (1-hour case-based clinical reasoning sessions) in the Brigham and Women’s internal medicine residency program from January through June 2020. Because of precautions required during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, morning report conferences were held virtually (via Zoom [Zoom Video Communications]) beginning in March, allowing comparison of in-person and virtual conferences. Review and informed consent were not required by the Partners HealthCare institutional review board because the study was a quality improvement initiative. This study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) reporting guideline.