Interns overestimate the effectiveness of their hand-off communication

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 491-496

  Chang, Vivian Y ^a   Arora, Vineet M ^b   Lev Ari, Shiri ^b   D'Arcy, Michael ^c   Keysar, Boaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand off communication; Patient safety; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND OFF COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

COMMUNICATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 77649175113     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0351     Document Type: Article

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