Transitions curriculum impact on students and care

Background Transitions of patient care from the inpatient to outpatient setting is a high‐risk time often resulting in medical errors and adverse events. Transitions of care programmes have been demonstrated to reduce negative outcomes. Several professional societies have highlighted care transitions as a central pillar of patient care and therefore a crucial aspect of health professional education; however, little data exist on medical student education in this area. Approach The Transitions of Care Curriculum was developed and delivered to all Harvard Medical School Core I Internal Medicine Clerkship students at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA between January 2017 and March 2019, where 12–14 students participated each quarter and included didactic teaching followed by experiential learning. Student data were collected via postclerkship survey. Patient data were collected via chart review. Student self‐reported comfort level with transitions in care skills and medical errors were analysed. Evaluation All student measures related to comfort with transitions in care skills demonstrated statistically significant improvement after curriculum participation(p