Team huddles: the role of the primary care educator.
BACKGROUND
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (USA) has recommended the 'team huddle' as one communication strategy to improve health care outcomes.


BACKGROUND
Although there is no literature on the extent of the practice within primary care fields, or the outcomes associated with it, anecdotal reports from innovative family medicine practices in the USA suggest that the team huddle has the potential to increase office efficiency, communication and staff satisfaction.


CONCLUSIONS
We review considerations in applying the team huddle to practice, and provide recommendations for ambulatory health care educators to teach this technique to trainees.
Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, New York, USA. colleen_fogarty@urmc.rochester.edu
Colleen T
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Fogarty
Stephen
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Schultz
D003142:Communication; D004501:Education, Medical; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024382:Professional Role; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States