Year-end resident clinic handoffs: narrative review and recommendations for improvement.

Amber Pincavage; Michael J Donnelly; John Q Young; Vineet Arora

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Year-end resident clinic handoffs: narrative review and recommendations for improvement.

February 15, 2017

Pincavage A, Donnelly MJ, Young JQ, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017;43(2):71-79.

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Year-end handoffs in residency training settings are a known patient safety risk. This narrative review found that several practices can enhance the safety of year-end transitions, including standardizing written and verbal signout for high-risk patients and enhancing attending-level supervision.

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