Commentary Development and implementation of an oral sign-out skills curriculum. Citation Text: Horwitz LI, Moin T, Green M. Development and implementation of an oral sign-out skills curriculum. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(10):1470-4. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL August 29, 2007 Horwitz LI, Moin T, Green M. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(10):1470-4. View more articles from the same authors. The authors developed a curriculum to teach structured sign-out skills to interns and found that participants were more comfortable with sign-out after going through the program. Free full text PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Horwitz LI, Moin T, Green M. Development and implementation of an oral sign-out skills curriculum. 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Transfers of patient care between house staff on internal medicine wards: a national survey. August 30, 2006
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What are covering doctors told about their patients? Analysis of sign-out among internal medicine house staff. August 19, 2009
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