ArticleJournal of biomedical education
Assessing Origins of Quality Gaps in Discharge Summaries: A Survey of Resident Physician Attitudes.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- After-visit and discharge summaries: a scoping review of stakeholder perspectives and experiences.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Diagnosis Documentation Done Right: Cross-Specialty Standard for the Diagnosis Section in German Discharge Summaries - A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Improving the quality of inpatient discharge summaries.The International journal of risk & safety in medicine · 2022Article
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- Improving the quality of discharge summaries through a direct feedback system.Future healthcare journal · 2020Article
- Comment on: Socioecological factors associated with metabolic and bariatric surgery utilization: a qualitative study in an ethnically diverse sample.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2020Article
- Residents' Exposure to Educational Experiences in Facilitating Hospital Discharges.Journal of graduate medical education · 2017Article
- Applying a reflexive framework to evaluate a communication skills curriculum.Advances in medical education and practice · 2016Article
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Abstract
Because little is known about attitudes of primary authors of discharge summaries in academic institutions, namely trainees and physician assistants (PAs), we sought to explore values, possible areas for improvement, and interest in formal discharge summary education. A survey composed of Likert scale analyses, dichotomous relationships, and open-ended questions was designed using focus groups and validated via expert committee review. Of 135 total residents (PGY 1-3), 79 residents and 10 PAs in a large academic hospital in New York City completed it. Of surveyed trainees, 77.2% reported that quality discharge summaries are useful in primary care. Interns had less outpatient experience with discharge summaries compared to PGY 2&3s (23.7% vs. 63.4%, p< 0.001) and were less comfortable authoring discharge summaries for patients who were not as familiar to them (47.4% vs. 24.4%, p=0.04). The majority (54.8%) of interns as well as all PAs reported never receiving feedback on discharge summaries. Finally, 63.2% of interns and 90% of PAs responded that formal teaching would be helpful. Interns' greater discomfort may speak to their poor understanding of core components of a useful discharge summary, which teaching sessions may improve. Alternatively, shifting the authorship responsibility from interns to seniors could be explored as a quality improvement initiative.
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