Resident handoffs: Appreciating them as a critical competency

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-272

  Myers, Jennifer S ^a   Bellini, Lisa M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84862580484     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1942-z     Document Type: Note

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