Effectiveness of a course designed to teach handoffs to medical students

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 344-348

  Chu, Eugene S ^a,b   Reid, Mark ^a,b   Burden, Marisha ^a,b   Mancini, Diana ^a,b   Schulz, Tara ^a,b   Keniston, Angela ^a   Sarcone, Ellen ^a,b   Albert, Richard K ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Handoffs; Medical student education; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORADO; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77956639144     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.633     Document Type: Article

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