Journal article
Quality of discharge summaries prepared by first year internal medicine residents
Abstract
BackgroundPatients are particularly susceptible to medical error during transitions from inpatient to outpatient care. We evaluated discharge summaries produced by incoming postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) internal medicine residents for their completeness, accuracy, and relevance to family physicians.MethodsConsecutive discharge summaries prepared by PGY-1 residents for patients discharged from internal medicine wards were retrospectively evaluated …
Authors
Legault K; Ostro J; Khalid Z; Wasi P; You JJ
Journal
BMC Medical Education, Vol. 12, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2012
DOI
10.1186/1472-6920-12-77
ISSN
1472-6920