415: Dedicated Shift Wrap-Up Time Does Not Improve Resident Sign-Out Burden

The Effect of Signed-Out Emergency Department Patients on Resident Productivity

“…Relatively little is known about what effects taking care of signed-out patients may have on an emergency medicine resident's existing workload. One prior study examined the effect of adding an hour of shift overlap dedicated to improving sign-out in the ED showed little improvement in the volume of sign-outs, while several studies from the surgical literature have demonstrated variable outcomes from sign-out on care for trauma and ICU patients (32)(33)(34). We are not aware of previous studies examining sign-out's effects on productivity or educational opportunities for learners within the ED.…”