The patient handoff: A comprehensive curricular blueprint for resident education to improve continuity of care

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-418

  Wohlauer, Max V ^a   Arora, Vineet M ^b   Horwitz, Leora I ^c   Bass, Ellen J ^d   Mahar, Sean E ^e   Philibert, Ingrid ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

^e BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

^f ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84859434359     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318248e766     Document Type: Article

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