Evaluation of morning report in an emergency medicine department

Abstract

Most participants considered morning report sessions held in our hospital to be effective in the way it is; however, issues such as communication skill, emergency department management, critical thinking, ethics, professionalism and evidence-based medicine should also be added to the sessions.

Improving the quality of communication during handover in a Paediatric Emergency Department: A qualitative study

“…While most of the nurses surveyed (74%, n = 54) believed that they received comprehensive handover, for many this was limited to medical diagnosis only. This is similar to Moharari [11] findings. Moharari and Costa (both found that within handover reports information that was often limited to medical diagnosis or reason for hospitalisation (without past history or socio-economic/vulnerability circumstance information) resulted in communication deficits and failures [10].…”

Communication issues within critical care – emergency department perspectives

“…One mixed method study in an Italian context also explored how nurses pass on information during a verbal ED handover (Costa ). Similar to Moharari et al (), most of the nurses surveyed in this study (74%, n = 54) believed that they received a comprehensive handover (Costa ). However, Moharari et al () and Costa () both found that the information in handover reports was often limited to medical diagnosis or reason for hospitalization, often omitting significant information concerning patients' past history and socio‐economical and vulnerability circumstances, resulting in communication deficits and failures (Costa, ).…”

Experience of morning reports in the emergency department

“…Finally, continuous formal feedbacks and evaluations are essential for improving this new teaching modality. The results of this paper, in line with a study by Moharari et al ., underline the validity of the morning report as a successful teaching technique in the ED . This contradicts the anecdotal educational effectiveness of the morning reports in other departments …”

“…The chief of department, a higher authority instead of a colleague resident, moderated and sometimes forced the staff participation. This pushed both residents and interns to read more and study harder in order to contribute to the discussions …”