Streamlining Communication: "Resident Huddle" on General Medicine Wards at a Veterans Affairs Hospital.

ABSTRACT: Background Orienting medical trainees to new practice environments is essential. Huddles have been shown to improve communication and safety outcomes. However, their use in orienting trainees to systems processes and changes on inpatient general medicine (GM) wards remains unexplored. Objective Implement a weekly inpatient huddle between residents and hospital leaders to improve dissemination of information around health system operations. Methods In 2019, we established "Resident Huddle," a weekly 20-minute huddle for senior internal medicine residents rotating on GM wards at a US Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital led by the site leads. Resident Huddle content included system updates, rotation updates, process reminders, performance feedback, and systems and pat

SUBMITTER: Litwin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324166 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature