An Interactive Workshop to Increase Resident Readiness to Perform Patient Hand-offs

Abstract Introduction Patient handoffs are an increasingly common aspect of patient care. Residents perform a significant number of patient handoffs, often with little training or oversight. Therefore, we created this resident handoff workshop, which is inexpensive, is easy to administer, and requir...

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Veröffentlicht in:MedEdPORTAL 2012-07, Vol.8
1. Verfasser: Aylward, Michael
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Introduction Patient handoffs are an increasingly common aspect of patient care. Residents perform a significant number of patient handoffs, often with little training or oversight. Therefore, we created this resident handoff workshop, which is inexpensive, is easy to administer, and requires minimal materials. Methods The workshop consists of a handoff script, didactic PowerPoint slides, a case presentation, a handoff video, and an instructor's guide. The workshop takes 90 minutes to implement. It has traditionally been run during intern orientation for all medicine and medicine-pediatric residents at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Results The workshop has been used over the past 3 years. We have shown a 26% improvement in overall readiness to perform a handoff. A follow-up survey 3–6 months after the workshop indicated that over 90% of interns had incorporated an aspect of what they learned in the workshop into their handoffs. Discussion The workshop is simple to run, is inexpensive and short, and can be easily deployed during resident orientation. Residents perform a significant number of patient care handoffs in teaching hospitals, where complexity and acuity are high. Because preventable adverse events are directly proportional to house staff discontinuity, it is imperative to find ways to improve residents' handoff skills.
ISSN:2374-8265
2374-8265
DOI:10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9189