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Matthew H Zegarek, Jürgen L Holleck, Naseema Merchant

¹From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven.

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A brief educational session improved trainee understanding of patient outcomes after discharge. This intervention enhanced self-assessment and responsibility for improving care transitions with minimal resource investment.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Health Professions Education
Patient Care Quality

Background:

Trainees often lack post-discharge outcome information, hindering self-assessment and discharge planning skills.
External feedback is crucial for improving transitions of care.

Purpose of the Study:

To design a low-resource intervention fostering trainee reflection on post-discharge outcomes.
To enhance self-assessment and improve discharge planning skills.

Main Methods:

A brief, low-resource session was developed for internal medicine trainees.
Participants reviewed patient post-discharge outcomes and discussed causes and future practice goals.
Pre- and post-intervention surveys assessed understanding, responsibility, self-reflection, and future goals.

Main Results:

Trainee understanding of poor patient outcomes improved significantly.
Trainees showed increased responsibility for post-discharge outcomes.
A majority of trainees and attending physicians planned to modify discharge planning approaches.

Conclusions:

Electronic health record data can provide valuable feedback to trainees in brief sessions.
This feedback enhances trainee understanding and responsibility for post-discharge outcomes.
The intervention shows potential for improving trainee ability in orchestrating care transitions.