IRCT2015072223293N1 IRCT 2016-08-12 Vice Chancellor for research of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences The effect of education on the quality of patient handover Clinical trial the study of the effect of education on the quality of patient handover from paramedics to the emergency department staff 2015-02-04 anticipated 80 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/19901 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research, Other design features: Block randomization method is used. N/A Patient handover. Intervention 1: Intervention group: A 4-hours educational program will be held. Educational content include the importance and principles of patient handover, the importance of careful patient assessment and effective communication, the principles of proper emergency reporting and time management in patient handover. Intervention 2: Control group: does not receive any intervention.