Inpatient Cross-Cover Consensus Recommendations for Medical and Surgical Residents: A Delphi Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residents regularly care for hospitalized patients for whom they are not the primary provider (cross-cover), often without guidance.

Objective

We identified and defined components of safe cross-cover care.

Methods

Sixty medical and surgical faculty physicians and chief residents from the Midwest were invited to participate in a Delphi study analyzing the appropriateness of cross-covering residents evaluating patients at bedside, deferring issues to the primary team, documenting a note, contacting the attending, and communicating with nurses. The first survey was free text, and responses were categorized. In the second survey, physicians rated categorized responses based on appropriateness using a 5-point Likert scale. High consensus was defined as ≥ 

SUBMITTER: Heidemann LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6570444 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature