title: Addressing the mandate for hand-off education: a focused review and recommendations for anesthesia resident curriculum development and evaluation.
abstract: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires that residency programs teach residents about handoffs and ensure their competence in this communication skill. Development of hand-off curricula for anesthesia residency programs is hindered by the paucity of evidence regarding how to conduct, teach, and evaluate handoffs in the various settings where anesthesia practitioners work. This narrative review draws from literature in anesthesia and other disciplines to provide recommendations for anesthesia resident hand-off curriculum development and evaluation.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (M.B.L.-F.); Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (A.K.B.); School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (S.A.W.); Jefferson School of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (J.J.D.); Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (L.A.R.).
authors.forename: Meghan B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lane-Fall
authors.forename: Amber K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Riesenberg
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D003142:Communication; D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D007396:Internship and Residency; D062209:Patient Handoff; D061214:Patient Safety; D009626:Terminology as Topic