Telephone referrals by junior doctors: A randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of SBAR in a simulated setting

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1045, 2012, Pages 619-626

  Cunningham, Neil James ^a,b   Weiland, Tracey J ^a,b   van Dijk, Julian ^a   Paddle, Paul ^a   Shilkofski, Nicole ^a,c   Cunningham, Nicola Yumei ^a,b,d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SITUATION BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATION; TELEPHONE REFERRAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868197950     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130719     Document Type: Article

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