Show Notes
Tell Clare what you think here! Do you freeze up when you need to give a clinical handover, or find yourself jumping back and forth and fumbling your words? Discover how to use the gold-standard ISBAR framework to deliver logical, concise, and highly effective handovers to nurses, supervisors, and multidisciplinary teams. Episode Summary: In this episode of the How to Be a Better OT podcast, host Clare Batkin tackles a critical communication skill that is guaranteed to pop up in every single ...
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