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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedLimes J, Callister C, Young E
A cross-sectional survey of internal medicine residents' knowledge, attitudes, and current practices regarding patient transitions to post-acute care.
This study’s aim was to assess internal medicine residents’ knowledge, attitudes, and current practice regarding patient transitions to post-acute care (PAC). The authors conducted a multi-site cross-sectional 36-question survey at 3 university-based Internal Medicine training programs in the United States. Of 482 residents, almost half (49%) responded. Only 31% of residents know how often patients received skilled therapists at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and 23% knew how frequently nursing services are provided. The majority of residents (79%) identified the discharge summary as the main way to communicate care instructions to the SNF, but only 55% reported always completing it prior to discharge. Upper-level residents were more likely to know how much therapy patients received at an SNF, but other resident knowledge about PAC did not vary by residency year. Residents who experienced a clinical rotation at a SNF had higher levels of knowledge compared to those who did not.
AHRQ-funded; HS024569.
Citation: Limes J, Callister C, Young E .
A cross-sectional survey of internal medicine residents' knowledge, attitudes, and current practices regarding patient transitions to post-acute care.
J Am Med Dir Assoc 2021 Nov;22(11):2344-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.011..
Keywords: Transitions of Care, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Provider: Physician
Naderi R, Oberndorfer TA, Jordan SR
Resident perspectives on the value of interdisciplinary conference calls for geriatric patients.
The University of Colorado implemented a virtual interdisciplinary conference call, TEAM (Transitions Expectation and Management), between providers on the inpatient Acute Care of the Elder (ACE) unit and the outpatient Seniors Clinic at the University of Colorado Hospital. This study highlighted learner perspectives of the benefit of interdisciplinary conference calls between inpatient and outpatient providers to enhance transitions of care, which provided meaningful feedback and served as a vehicle for residents to recognize the impact of their care decisions in the broader spectrum of patients' experience during hospital discharge.
AHRQ-funded; HS024569.
Citation: Naderi R, Oberndorfer TA, Jordan SR .
Resident perspectives on the value of interdisciplinary conference calls for geriatric patients.
BMC Med Educ 2021 Jun 3;21(1):314. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02750-4..
Keywords: Elderly, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Transitions of Care