Development, implementation, and dissemination of the I-PASS handoff curriculum: A multisite educational intervention to improve patient handoffs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 876-884

  Starmer, Amy J ^a,b   O'Toole, Jennifer K ^c   Rosenbluth, Glenn ^d   Calaman, Sharon ^e   Balmer, Dorene ^f   West, Daniel C ^d   Bale, James F ^g   Yu, Clifton E ^h   Noble, Elizabeth L ^a   Tse, Lisa L ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^g   Landrigan, Christopher P ⁱ   Sectish, Theodore C ^a   Spector, Nancy D ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT HANDOFF; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903584914     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000264     Document Type: Article

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