An interventional study of Handoff Workshop in Patient Handoff, sponsored by George Washington University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-08-15.
Sponsored by George Washington University · Not applicable and Interventional
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention on handoffs implemented during the third year of medical school. It also assesses whether these skills are maintained over time into their fourth year of training and whether there is transfer from the simulated setting into the clinical environment.
George Washington University is the lead sponsor of 187 studies on the registry; 34 are open to participants now.
Of its 13 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 11 (85%) have results posted.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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.
Other: Handoff Workshop
Evaluate workshop effectiveness of students undergoing the intervention, rated before and after the workshop utilizing standardized cases and a validated Handoff Rating Scale.
Time frame: up to 45 minutes post-intervention
Assess durability of the training by rating intervention and control group students on a third standardized case during their fourth year AI on internal medicine.
Time frame: up to 12 months after intervention
Assess the transfer of handoff skills into the clinical setting by observing AI students in both the intervention and control groups providing real-time handoffs.
Time frame: Up to 12 months after the intervention
This study is completed, as verified in Aug 2014. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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