Improving Handoffs: Implementing a Training Program for Incoming Internal Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Clinical Learning Environment Review program requires residents to receive training in handoffs, but there is limited information on best practices in implementing handoff training.

Objective

We hypothesized that a bundled, standardized approach to handoffs during intern orientation would increase trainee comfort, confidence, and knowledge.

Methods

All incoming internal medicine interns participated in a Care Transitions workshop during orientation that was divided into 3 sections: introduction and handoff videos using the I-PASS handoff tool, small group discussion of case scenarios, and a 1-on-1 handoff simulation with an evaluator. Participants completed pre- and postworkshop surveys. We reviewed h

SUBMITTER: Lescinskas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314362 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature