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Grand Rounds are a structured academic forum in which complex or educationally significant clinical cases are systematically presented, critically discussed, and analyzed by postgraduate students under the guidance of experienced faculty and multidisciplinary experts. Traditionally originating from the bedside teaching model introduced by Sir William Osler at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Grand Rounds have evolved into one of the most respected educational activities in medical institutions worldwide. Their fundamental purpose is to integrate patient care with scientific evidence, clinical reasoning, multidisciplinary collaboration, and lifelong professional learning.

Historically, Grand Rounds represented bedside clinical discussions where learners directly observed expert clinicians eliciting history, performing physical examination, formulating differential diagnoses, and discussing management plans in the presence of patients. With advances in medicine, medical ethics, and educational methodologies, Grand Rounds have progressively transformed into structured academic conferences that continue to retain their central focus on patient-centred clinical problem solving while incorporating evidence-based medicine, recent scientific advances, multidisciplinary perspectives, and reflective clinical practice. Despite changes in format over the decades, Grand Rounds remain one of the most influential educational strategies for developing competent physicians capable of integrating knowledge, skills, professionalism, communication, and ethical decision-making in real-world clinical settings.