End-of-shift surgical handover: mixed-methods, multicentre evaluation and recommendations for improvement

Jessica M Ryan^{1

2

3}, Anastasija Simiceva¹, Walter Eppich^{1

4}, Dara O Kavanagh^{5

6}, Deborah A McNamara^{7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ RCSI SIM Centre for Simulation Education and Research, 123 St. Stephen's Green, RCSI, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
² RCSI StAR MD programme, St. Stephen's Green, RCSI, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Surgery, The Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Medical Education and Collaboratory Practice Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ RCSI Department of Surgical Affairs, 121 St. Stephen's Green, RCSI, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ Office of the President, RCSI, 123 St. Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ National Clinical Programme in Surgery, RCSI, 2 Proud's Lane, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Multicenter Study

Jessica M Ryan et al. BJS Open. 2024.

. 2024 Mar 1;8(2):zrae023.

doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae023.

Jessica M Ryan^{1

2

3}, Anastasija Simiceva¹, Walter Eppich^{1

4}, Dara O Kavanagh^{5

6}, Deborah A McNamara^{7

8

9}

¹ RCSI SIM Centre for Simulation Education and Research, 123 St. Stephen's Green, RCSI, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
² RCSI StAR MD programme, St. Stephen's Green, RCSI, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Surgery, The Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Medical Education and Collaboratory Practice Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ RCSI Department of Surgical Affairs, 121 St. Stephen's Green, RCSI, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ Office of the President, RCSI, 123 St. Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ National Clinical Programme in Surgery, RCSI, 2 Proud's Lane, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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