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M3 currently on medicine. Wondering people's advice for making the most out of short time with attendings during rounds each day, outside of the obvious. I've been on top of my patient presentations and formulate solid A/Ps according to my resident team. I'm trying to take on as many patients as I can (within reason), I'm calling consults, placing orders, writing progress notes and discharge summaries, setting up post-hospitalization appts - my resident team is aware of these things, but the attending likely doesn't know aside from if they happen to see my name at the bottom of the notes and stuff like that. My attending changes on a weekly basis. Understandably they are very busy, rounds tend to be fast paced and even with doing well on rounds I am stuck wondering if I'm making enough of an impression. Some days will be phone rounds, I doubt my attending even remembers my name with such limited interaction, so I don't think they'll know my voice or take the time to pay close enough attention to which med student is presenting over the phone. There have even been a few occasions where rounds didn't happen at all. I've asked to do a brief presentation after rounds on an interesting topic going on with a patient at times and felt that was well received and successful, but I want to be careful with doing that (don't want to over do it, don't want to add to an already busy attendings schedule/time on rounds). In addition to senior residents, the attendings will be writing my evals, anyone have advice for how to continue making good impressions or how to go above and beyond with such limited in person time with attendings?