Improving documentation and junior doctor confidence on COVID-19 ward rounds using a ward round pro forma.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Brown, Niall; Horne, Joseph; Low, Andrew
- Source
- Clinical Medicine. 2021 Supplement, Vol. 21, p17-18. 2p.
- Subject
- *CONFIDENCE
*COVID-19
*HEALTH facility administration
*PHYSICIANS' attitudes
*DOCUMENTATION
*HOSPITAL wards
*QUALITY assurance
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*HOSPITAL rounds
- Language
- ISSN
- 1470-2118
The article presents a study of the impact of a ward round pro forma in tertiary hospital wards caring for positive or high-risk COVID-19 patients in England. Topics discussed include the aim of the study to increase the amount of information documented during rounds and ensure the presence of relevant information for the multidisciplinary team (MDT), increase in junior doctor confidence in documenting due to the ward round pro forma, and improvement in documentation in the wards.