Training on handover of patient care within UK medical schools

Medical Education Online

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gordon, Morris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handoff; Handover; Non technical skills; Patient safety; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; HANDOFF; HANDOVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

HANDOFF; HANDOVER; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; PATIENT SAFETY; UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875115491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v18i0.20169     Document Type: Article

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