Difference between revisions of "Card-Flip"
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| − | To '''card flip''' is to talk about patients and their management without actually seeing them at bedside. The term refers to [[Three-by-Five Index Card|three-by-five index cards]] and their ability to contain entire patient histories, these being the frame of reference when a medical team talks about patients. The '''card-flip''' is the alternate to [[Rounds|rounds]] or [[Rounding|rounding]], but it has the added benefits of avoiding | + | To '''card flip''' is to talk about patients and their management without actually seeing them at bedside. The term refers to [[Three-by-Five Index Card|three-by-five index cards]] and their ability to contain entire patient histories, these being the frame of reference when a medical team talks about patients. The '''card-flip''' is the alternate to [[Rounds|rounds]] or [[Rounding|rounding]], but it has the added benefits of sitting down and avoiding patients. It is not lazy. Contrary, it is efficient. |
Revision as of 11:23, 17 June 2017
To card flip is to talk about patients and their management without actually seeing them at bedside. The term refers to three-by-five index cards and their ability to contain entire patient histories, these being the frame of reference when a medical team talks about patients. The card-flip is the alternate to rounds or rounding, but it has the added benefits of sitting down and avoiding patients. It is not lazy. Contrary, it is efficient.
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