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Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes?
BACKGROUND: Patient care handoffs are a core professional activity that incoming interns are expected to perform without direct supervision upon starting residency, yet training in medical schools is inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: To implement a brief handoff communication workshop for incoming interns an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8855376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35187249 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/JMECD.S28401 |
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author | Smith, Christopher J. Wadman, Michael C. Harrison, Jeffrey Beck, Gary L. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Patient care handoffs are a core professional activity that incoming interns are expected to perform without direct supervision upon starting residency, yet training in medical schools is inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: To implement a brief handoff communication workshop for incoming interns and determine whether learner-level determinants were associated with differences in training outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a one-hour interactive handoff skills workshop for all incoming interns at a Midwestern academic medical center. We performed paired pre/post-intervention assessments of participants' attitudes and ability to perform representative handoff skills. The results were analyzed in aggregate and based upon participants' prior handoff experiences using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. RESULTS: Ninety-nine of 108 interns (91.7%) completed both pre- and post-surveys. There was significant improvement in all 10 attitude-based questions (P ≤ 0.014 for all) and on the skills assessment (1.07 vs 2.16 on 0–4 point scale, SD 1.25, P ≤ 0.001). Results remained significant regardless of prior training, number of handoffs observed, number of handoffs performed, medical school, or residency discipline. CONCLUSION: A brief interactive workshop for incoming interns can improve participants' confidence and performance of basic handoff skills, regardless of previous training or experience. |
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spelling | pubmed-88553762022-02-19 Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? Smith, Christopher J. Wadman, Michael C. Harrison, Jeffrey Beck, Gary L. J Med Educ Curric Dev Original Research BACKGROUND: Patient care handoffs are a core professional activity that incoming interns are expected to perform without direct supervision upon starting residency, yet training in medical schools is inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: To implement a brief handoff communication workshop for incoming interns and determine whether learner-level determinants were associated with differences in training outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a one-hour interactive handoff skills workshop for all incoming interns at a Midwestern academic medical center. We performed paired pre/post-intervention assessments of participants' attitudes and ability to perform representative handoff skills. The results were analyzed in aggregate and based upon participants' prior handoff experiences using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. RESULTS: Ninety-nine of 108 interns (91.7%) completed both pre- and post-surveys. There was significant improvement in all 10 attitude-based questions (P ≤ 0.014 for all) and on the skills assessment (1.07 vs 2.16 on 0–4 point scale, SD 1.25, P ≤ 0.001). Results remained significant regardless of prior training, number of handoffs observed, number of handoffs performed, medical school, or residency discipline. CONCLUSION: A brief interactive workshop for incoming interns can improve participants' confidence and performance of basic handoff skills, regardless of previous training or experience. SAGE Publications 2015-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8855376/ /pubmed/35187249 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/JMECD.S28401 Text en © 2015 SAGE Publications. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Smith, Christopher J. Wadman, Michael C. Harrison, Jeffrey Beck, Gary L. Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? |
title | Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? |
title_full | Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? |
title_fullStr | Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? |
title_short | Assessment of a Brief Handoff Skills Workshop for Incoming Interns: Do past Handoff Experiences Impact Training Outcomes? |
title_sort | assessment of a brief handoff skills workshop for incoming interns: do past handoff experiences impact training outcomes? |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8855376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35187249 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/JMECD.S28401 |
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