Table 2.

Patient Handoff Activities

In programs where students perform patient handoff activities
	Clerkship Students (N = 29)	Sub-internship students (N = 77)
Structured verbal sign-out of patients at night	14 (48 %)	48 (62 %)
Structured verbal sign-in of patients during the day	10 (34 %)	37 (48 %)
Informal verbal sign-out of patients at night	8 (28 %)	21 (27 %)
Informal verbal sign-in of patients during the day	9 (31 %)	14 (18 %)
Students write sign-out notes	12 (41 %)	36 (47 %)
Students write (or dictate) hospital discharge summaries	8 (28 %)	32 (42 %)