A structured handoff program for interns

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-352

  Chu, Eugene S ^a,b   Reid, Mark ^b   Schulz, Tara ^c   Burden, Marisha ^b   Mancini, Diana ^b   Ambardekar, Amrut V ^b   Keniston, Angela ^a   Albert, Richard K ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 63249126965     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181970829     Document Type: Article

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