Participation and experience of third-year medical students in handoffs: Time to sign out?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 994-998

  Arora, Vineet M ^a   Eastment, McKenna C ^b   Bethea, Emily D ^c   Farnan, Jeanne M ^a   Friedman, Erica S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; handoff; medical student; signout

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL HANDOVER; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLICY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880512022     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2297-9     Document Type: Article

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