359 Assessment of Utilizing a Standardized Checklist on Length of Time for Resident Physician Sign Out and Attending Physician Grading Consistency

Transitions of patient care during physicians' change of shift introduce the potential for critical information to be missed or distorted, resulting in possible morbidity. Since 2009, the Joint Commission has encouraged improving transitions of care as a national safety goal. Our study sought to determine if utilization of a sign out checklist during emergency medicine (EM) resident transition of care affected the consistency of attending physician overall assessment and if the checklist changed length of time to sign out.

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