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The Effect of Intensive Inpatient Attending Supervision on Medical Errors, Patient Safety and Resident Education

NCT03318198 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 134

Last updated 2017-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Randomized cross over trial investigating the effect of intensive attending supervision of residents caring for inpatients on the medical service on both patient safety and educational outcomes. Hypothesis: increased attending supervision would improve patient safety and resident education.

Conditions

  • Focus of Study is on Graduate Medical Education Supervision

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanged Attending Supervision

Attendings were randomized at the start of the study to begin in the enhanced supervision arm where they attended resident work rounds. They then crossed over to the control arm where they did not attend work rounds. The outcomes were assessed between the two periods during which the attending participated in the study; attending work rounds vs. not attending work rounds.

OTHER

Standard of Care

Attendings participated directly in new patient rounds but did not see patients previously known to the team with the residents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen Finn, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2017-04-30

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