SynthesisJournal of graduate medical education2017
Feedback and Assessment Tools for Handoffs: A Systematic Review.
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- "Good, Better, How" Educational Intervention: Potential Benefits of Utilizing Feedback in General Surgery; Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of an Educational Intervention.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- [Handoffs in the intensive care unit].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2024Review
- Improved patient safety with a simplified operating room to pediatric intensive care unit handover tool (PATHQS).Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Patient handoffs and multi-specialty trainee perspectives across an institution: informing recommendations for health systems and an expanded conceptual framework for handoffs.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Measurement of Information Transfer During Simulated Sequential Complete Shift-to-Shift Intraoperative Handoffs.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Association of a Core EPA-Oriented Patient Handover Curriculum on Medical Students' Self-reported Frequency of Observation and Skill Acquisition.Medical science educator · 2022Article
- Handover of Critical Patients in Urgent Care and Emergency Settings: A Systematic Review of Validated Assessment Tools.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Improving handover competency in preclinical medical and health professions students: establishing the reliability and construct validity of an assessment instrument.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Using a Direct Observation Tool (TOC-CEX) to Standardize Transitions of Care by Residents at a Community Hospital.Ochsner journal · 2021Article
- It sounds like a good handover but can I trust it: the correlation between perceived quality and accuracy?MedEdPublish (2016) · 2021Article
- Recent Advances in Simulation for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.Current pediatrics reports · 2020Review
- A 9-Step Theory- and Evidence-Based Postgraduate Medical Digital Education Development Model: Empirical Development and Validation.JMIR medical education · 2019Article
- Standardized Reporting System Use During Handoffs Reduces Patient Length of Stay in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundResident handoff communication skills are essential components of medical education training. There are no previous systematic reviews of feedback and evaluation tools for physician handoffs.
objectiveWe performed a systematic review of articles focused on inpatient handoff feedback or assessment tools.
methodsThe authors conducted a systematic review of English-language literature published from January 1, 2008, to May 13, 2015 on handoff feedback or assessment tools used in undergraduate or graduate medical education. All articles were reviewed by 2 independent abstractors. Included articles were assessed using a quality scoring system.
resultsA total of 26 articles with 32 tools met inclusion criteria, including 3 focused on feedback, 8 on assessment, and 15 on both feedback and assessment. All tools were used in an inpatient setting. Feedback and/or assessment improved the content or organization measures of handoff, while process and professionalism measures were less reliably improved. The Handoff Clinical Evaluation Exercise or a similar tool was used most frequently. Of included studies, 23% (6 of 26) were validity evidence studies, and 31% (8 of 26) of articles included a tool with behavioral anchors. A total of 35% (9 of 26) of studies used simulation or standardized patient encounters.
conclusionsA number of feedback and assessment tools for physician handoffs in several specialties have been studied. Limited research has been done on the studied tools. These tools may assist medical educators in assessing trainees' handoff skills.
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