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3 ways to battle the “July effect” in teaching hospitals

< p > Each summer new residents and faculty figure out the layout of large facilities and meet a host of new teammates and patients. They also struggle with efficiency, quality and patient safety during the dawn of the academic year. < a href= " http://pluck.ama-assn.org/ver1.0/../static/images/store/3/6/a33d307a-d9e8-4f9d-8640-42d4718cddff.Full.jpg?1 " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://pluck.ama-assn.org/ver1.0/../static/images/store/3/6/a33d307a-d9e8-4f9d-8640-42d4718cddff.Large.jpg?1 " style= " margin:15px;float:right; " / > < /a > < /p > < p > But there are ways to combat the legendary “July effect” that involve a more collaborative mindset among internal medicine trainees, attending physicians and faculty. A new report calls for novel strategies, some borrowed from aviation and other industries with a keen concern for safety, and all designed to boost teamwork, communications and effectiveness among the key players in the clinical setting. < /p > < p > < strong > Promise and problems < /strong > < /p > < p > “While teaching hospitals have long relied on the triad of attending physician, senior resident and intern to provide team-based care, new teams providing care in July are paradoxically part of the problem,” said the authors of a < a href= " http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2016/07000/Why_July_Matters.12.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP " rel= " nofollow " target= " _blank " > commentary published in < em > Academic Medicine <...
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