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Klaber, R. E. and Macdougall, Colin F. (2009) Maximising learning opportunities in handover. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Education and Practice Edition, Vol.94 (No.4). pp. 118-122. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142471 ISSN 1743-0585.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.142471
Abstract
Handing over responsibility for patients has always been part of medical practice. Definitions emphasise transfer of responsibility to ensure patient safety and the available literature tends to follow this line (see box 1). Handover is much more than this, however. It is a key event where teams meet, have the opportunity to communicate, support each other and learn. This paper considers different ways of maximising learning opportunities in handover, with particular emphasis on the strengths and challenges of the paediatric environment. Alongside review of the best available evidence, many of the ideas discussed were generated from working with a group of 65 experienced paediatricians with particular experience and interest in medical education as part of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Paediatric Educators Programme.
Formal handover has increased in importance and been embedded in practice with the transition from “on-calls” to “full-shift” rotas in an effort to comply with the European Working Time Directive1 in the United Kingdom (UK). Departments responsible for acute patient care have had to incorporate two or three handover sessions into every day to ensure patient problems and management plans are appreciated by the incoming medical team.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Patients -- Transfer, Pediatrics -- Practice, Pediatrics -- Research, Medical care -- Quality control | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Archives of Disease in Childhood. Education and Practice Edition | ||||
Publisher: | BMJ Group | ||||
ISSN: | 1743-0585 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.94 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 118-122 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1136/adc.2008.142471 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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