Handoff practices in undergraduate medical education

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 765-769

  Liston, Beth W ^a   Tartaglia, Kimberly M ^a   Evans, Daniel ^b   Walker, Curt ^a   Torre, Dario ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; handoffs; handovers; medical education; medical students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; CLINICAL HANDOVER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84900839868     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2806-0     Document Type: Article

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