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House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)

2018

Handoffs

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Adaptation Of A Standardized Handoff System For A Radiology Residency Program, Riti Kanesa-Thasan, Md, Liya Gendler, Md, Megan Margiotta, Md, Kristin Lohr, Md, Grant Turner, Md, Rebecca C. Jaffe, Md, Christopher G. Roth, Md, Suzanne Long, Md Jun 2018

Adaptation Of A Standardized Handoff System For A Radiology Residency Program, Riti Kanesa-Thasan, Md, Liya Gendler, Md, Megan Margiotta, Md, Kristin Lohr, Md, Grant Turner, Md, Rebecca C. Jaffe, Md, Christopher G. Roth, Md, Suzanne Long, Md

House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)

Background/Objectives:

  • The Joint Commission has linked communication failure as a root cause for a majority of sentinel events.
  • The “I-PASS” system is a hand-off mnemonic that has been shown to decrease medical errors, prevent adverse events, and improve communication.
  • Multiple Jefferson residency programs have adopted I-PASS training over the last year to standardize sign-outs between treatment teams and departments.
  • Radiology residents also participate in hand-offs with other departments, especially in cases of adverse patient reactions that occur within radiology (ie: allergic reaction, seizure, contrast extravasation). In addition, radiology residents also participate in hand offs between daytime and overnight teams, including …


Handoff Training In Undergraduate Medical Education – Identifying And Closing The Gaps, Gregory Troutman, Jeffery Head, Andrew Day, John Hafycz, Lauren E. Grunenwald, Kelly Daniels, Kevin He, Rebecca Montana, Alexis Wickersham, Md Jun 2018

Handoff Training In Undergraduate Medical Education – Identifying And Closing The Gaps, Gregory Troutman, Jeffery Head, Andrew Day, John Hafycz, Lauren E. Grunenwald, Kelly Daniels, Kevin He, Rebecca Montana, Alexis Wickersham, Md

House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)

Objectives:

  • Our study sought to assess differences in perceptions and the use of standardized handoff tools between medical students near completion of their third and fourth years of medical school at Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
  • We hope to use this information to create targeted medical education interventions to better expose pre-clinical medical students to standardized handoff tools in the first and second years of medical school, before entering the wards.