Assessing the impact of a shadowing programme on in-hospital mortality following trainee doctors' changeover.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the impact on seven-day in-hospital mortality following the introduction in 2012 of a shadowing programme for new UK medical graduates requiring them to observe the doctor they are replacing for at least 4 days before starting work.

Methods

Data on emergency admissions were derived from Hospital Episode Statistics between 2003 and 2019. A generalised estimating equation model was used to examine whether the introduction of the programme was associated with a change in mortality.

Results

There were 644,018 emergency admissions, of which 1.8% (7612) ended in death in hospital within a week following the admission. Throughout the study period, there was an annual increase in the number of emergency admissions during July and August, though in-hospita

SUBMITTER: Violeta B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8186218 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature