Results of an enhanced clinic handoff and resident education on resident patient ownership and patient safety

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 795-801

  Pincavage, Amber T ^a   Dahlstrom, Marcus ^b   Prochaska, Megan ^a   Ratner, Shana ^c   Beiting, Kimberly J ^d   Oyler, Julie ^a   Vinci, Lisa M ^a   Arora, Vineet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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EID: 84878906480     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828fd3c4     Document Type: Article

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