Improving resident feedback on diagnostic reasoning after handovers: The LOOP Project (21 August 2019)

Summary

In order to become competent clinicians, doctors need to appropriately calibrate their clinical reasoning, but lack of follow-up after transitions of care can present a barrier to this. This study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine aimed to implement structured feedback about clinical reasoning for residents performing overnight admissions, measure the frequency of diagnostic changes, and determine how feedback impacts learners' self-efficacy. The authors concluded that structured feedback for overnight admissions is a promising approach to improve residents' diagnostic calibration, particularly given how often diagnostic changes occur.