Effect of Hand-off Skills Training for Students During the Medicine Clerkship
NCT ID: NCT02217241
Last Updated: 2014-08-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
95 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-01-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Intervention
Students in the intervention group participated in a one-hour interactive, small-group handoff workshop facilitated by a study investigator. The workshop focused on the importance of specific handoff skills to patient safety.
Handoff Workshop
Control
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Handoff Workshop
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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George Washington University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Juan Reyes
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Locations
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The George Washington University School of Medicine; The George Washington University Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Countries
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References
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Lofgren RP, Gottlieb D, Williams RA, Rich EC. Post-call transfer of resident responsibility: its effect on patient care. J Gen Intern Med. 1990 Nov-Dec;5(6):501-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02600880.
Horwitz LI, Krumholz HM, Green ML, Huot SJ. Transfers of patient care between house staff on internal medicine wards: a national survey. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 12;166(11):1173-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.11.1173.
Arora VM, Eastment MC, Bethea ED, Farnan JM, Friedman ES. Participation and experience of third-year medical students in handoffs: time to sign out? J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Aug;28(8):994-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2297-9.
Gordon M, Findley R. Educational interventions to improve handover in health care: a systematic review. Med Educ. 2011 Nov;45(11):1081-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04049.x. Epub 2011 Sep 20.
Farnan JM, Paro JA, Rodriguez RM, Reddy ST, Horwitz LI, Johnson JK, Arora VM. Hand-off education and evaluation: piloting the observed simulated hand-off experience (OSHE). J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Feb;25(2):129-34. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1170-y.
Horwitz LI, Moin T, Green ML. Development and implementation of an oral sign-out skills curriculum. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Oct;22(10):1470-4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0331-0. Epub 2007 Aug 3.
Chu ES, Reid M, Schulz T, Burden M, Mancini D, Ambardekar AV, Keniston A, Albert RK. A structured handoff program for interns. Acad Med. 2009 Mar;84(3):347-52. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181970829.
Gakhar B, Spencer AL. Using direct observation, formal evaluation, and an interactive curriculum to improve the sign-out practices of internal medicine interns. Acad Med. 2010 Jul;85(7):1182-8. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181da8370.
Klamen DL, Reynolds KL, Yale B, Aiello M. Students learning handovers in a simulated in-patient unit. Med Educ. 2009 Nov;43(11):1097-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03488.x. Epub 2009 Oct 3. No abstract available.
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Chu ES, Reid M, Burden M, Mancini D, Schulz T, Keniston A, Sarcone E, Albert RK. Effectiveness of a course designed to teach handoffs to medical students. J Hosp Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;5(6):344-8. doi: 10.1002/jhm.633.
Starmer AJ, Sectish TC, Simon DW, Keohane C, McSweeney ME, Chung EY, Yoon CS, Lipsitz SR, Wassner AJ, Harper MB, Landrigan CP. Rates of medical errors and preventable adverse events among hospitalized children following implementation of a resident handoff bundle. JAMA. 2013 Dec 4;310(21):2262-70. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.281961.
Curtis JR, Back AL, Ford DW, Downey L, Shannon SE, Doorenbos AZ, Kross EK, Reinke LF, Feemster LC, Edlund B, Arnold RW, O'Connor K, Engelberg RA. Effect of communication skills training for residents and nurse practitioners on quality of communication with patients with serious illness: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2013 Dec 4;310(21):2271-81. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.282081.
Reyes JA, Greenberg L, Amdur R, Gehring J, Lesky LG. Effect of handoff skills training for students during the medicine clerkship: a quasi-randomized study. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2016 Mar;21(1):163-73. doi: 10.1007/s10459-015-9621-1. Epub 2015 Jul 15.
Other Identifiers
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101125
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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