Use of a Cognitive Aid during Simulated Patient Crisis Improves the Quality of the Transition of Care Process

Annette Rebel

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2019.22.003693

Abstract

Transfer of patient care between providers is key to safe medical practice and loss of patient information during this process may contribute to undesirable outcomes..

Highlights

Transfer of patient care between providers is key to safe medical practice and loss of patient information during this process may contribute to undesirable outcomes [1]
Resident questionnaire results after the Baseline simulation indicated that residents were able to recall 65.7±17.9% of patient information
Use of the Cognitive Aid (CA) increased the percentage of correct answers to 91.4 ± 9.5% (p

Summary

Introduction

Transfer of patient care between providers is key to safe medical practice and loss of patient information during this process may contribute to undesirable outcomes [1]. Research in Transition of Care (ToC) has focused on the handoff quality occurring at shift-ends, which is usually a censusbased process occurring in a structured fashion at a standardized time and location [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. A recent study in graduating medical students indicated a significant information loss during handoff after simulated crisis [15]. Transition of care (ToC) is a critical time when pertinent patient information can be lost between providers, potentially effecting outcomes

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