reinforce negative stereotypes of aging, deprive older adults of meaningful interactions, and erode their well-being. A brief communication in-service training based on Williams, Kemper, and Hummert (2003) was presented to nursing home staff to replace elderspeak with more helpful communication behaviors. Resident staff interactions were coded, and impact of the training on -esteem, and well-be...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Previous studies have emphasized the importance of effectual communication during patient handoffs. The objectives of this study were to (1) implement a resident-driven quality improvement project to improve handoffs by including key elements that are necessary for a safe and effective handoff. We chose to use the IPASS (illness severity, patient summary, action items,...

OBJECTIVES We examined how organizational characteristics, transition experiences, and social relationships impact three subjective measures of well-being among assisted living residents: life satisfaction, quality of life, and perception that assisted living feels like home. METHODS Data were from 384 assisted living residents interviewed for the Florida Study of Assisted Living. Using ordin...

OBJECTIVES Rotating residents represent a significant proportion of housestaff in academic emergency departments (EDs), yet they rarely receive targeted didactic education during their emergency medicine (EM) rotations. The goals of this study were: 1) to determine the effectiveness of an online didactic curriculum in improving EM knowledge among rotating residents and 2) to assess rotating res...

BACKGROUND To manage the voluminous formal curriculum content in a limited amount of structured teaching time, we describe the development and evaluation of a curriculum map for academic half days (AHD) in a core internal medicine residency program. METHODS We created a 3-year cyclical curriculum map (an educational tool combining the content, methodology and timetabling of structured teachin...

BACKGROUND Quality improvement (QI) education in residency training is important and necessary for accreditation. Although the literature on this topic has been growing, some specialties, in particular psychiatry, have been underrepresented. METHODS We developed a didactic and experiential QI curriculum within a US psychiatry residency program that included a seminar series and development of...