Quality of discharge summaries prepared by first year internal medicine residents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients are particularly susceptible to medical error during transitions from inpatient to outpatient care. We evaluated discharge summaries produced by incoming postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) internal medicine residents for their comp...

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Main Authors: Legault Kimberly, Ostro Jacqueline, Khalid Zahira, Wasi Parveen, You John J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/12/77