Educational interventions to improve handover in health care: a systematic review.

Morris Gordon; Rebecca Findley

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Educational interventions to improve handover in health care: a systematic review.

October 31, 2011

Gordon M, Findley R. Med Educ. 2011;45(11):1081-9.

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Although the 2011 regulations around duty hours for residents mandate training in handoffs and signouts, this systematic review found little evidence that published curricula effectively improve trainees' skills or patient outcomes.

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