Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Using standardized videos to validate a measure of handoff quality: the handoff mini-clinical examination exercise.
The most recent iteration of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty-hour regulations includes language mandating handoff education for trainees and assessments of handoff quality by residency training programs. However, there is a lack of validated tools for the assessment of handoff quality and for use in trainee education. ⋯ Using standardized video-based scenarios highlighting differing levels of performance, we were able to demonstrate evidence that the Handoff Mini-CEX can draw reliable and valid conclusions regarding handoff performance. Future work to validate the tool in clinical settings is warranted.