Teaching and learning on busy post-take ward rounds
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Learning safe prescribing during post-take ward rounds.
BACKGROUND As the main tool through which doctors treat the medically unwell, prescribing is a practice that is undervalued and under-taught within modern medicine. Paradoxically prescribing not only has the potential to cure, it also has the potential to cause great harm if carried out incorrectly and unsafely. CONTEXT Prescribing errors have remained an issue in patient safety for many year...
متن کاملThe Educational Value Of Post-Take Ward Rounds For Senior Trainees
BACKGROUND The educational value of post-take ward rounds (PTWRs) is an under-researched area of postgraduate medical education. OBJECTIVE We investigated perceptions of this activity amongst higher specialty trainees. METHODS The project was conducted in a large district general hospital in London, UK. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to establish opinions of the PTWR among...
متن کاملImproving the quality of documentation of paediatric post-take ward rounds: the impact of an acrostic.
BACKGROUND Review of patients' notes while investigating clinical incidents showed a recurring problem of poor documentation of important aspects of the paediatric post-take ward round. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To evaluate the impact of an acrostic (type of mnemonic), created to reflect the aspects of care that should be documented after every ward round, on the completeness of note keeping. ST...
متن کاملPrescribing and medication communication on the post-take ward round.
Gaps in communication between medical officers and poor planning are associated with prescribing errors and may result in patient harm. This study describes medication communication on post-take ward rounds (PTWR). Over 6 weeks on 24 PTWR, 130 patients, prescribed 1244 medications, were observed. Of these, 811 (65%) medications were discussed, with 249 discussions (relating to 126 medications) ...
متن کاملWard Rounds
to right heart failure, and is therefore a sign of impending disaster for many patients with common heart and lung diseases. We have known for a long time that hypoxia constricts lung vessels and causes pulmonary hypertension in acute experiments; this response may be important in disease as well. There are many theories about the mechanism of this hypoxic response, none of them generally accep...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-6-638a