Clinical librarian attendance at general surgery quality of care rounds (Morbidity and Mortality Conference).
Quality of Care rounds, also known as Mortality and Morbidity conferences, are an important and time-honored forum for quality audit in clinical surgery services. The authors created a modification to their hospital's Quality of Care rounds by incorporating a clinical librarian, who assisted residents in conducting literature reviews related to clinical topics discussed during the rounds. The objective of this article is to describe the authors' experience with this intervention. The clinical librarian program has greatly improved the Quality of Care rounds by aiding in literature searches and quality of up-to-date, evidence-based presentations.
Greco
Elisa
E
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, and Toronto General Clinical Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Englesakis
Marina
M
Faulkner
Amy
A
Trojan
Boguslawa
B
Rotstein
Lorne E
LE
Urbach
David R
DR
D000328:Adult; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D016245:Librarians; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital