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Background@# : This study aims to report the development process of a communication training program targeting residents and nurses in a university hospital and discuss the results of the analysis of questionnaire responses received from the participants. Methods : A training program comprising a lecture on prescription principles, team communication, role-playing using cases based on medical errors related to prescriptions was developed. This two-hour program was conducted four times from September to December in 2022, with 31 residents and 37 nurses. After the program, the participants completed a questionnaire about program satisfaction. Results : An analysis of the questionnaire responses received from 28 residents and 37 nurses revealed that participants had an average satisfaction score ranging from 4.18 to 4.44 for each item. No difference was found between the residents’ and nurses’ responses. The participants shared positive opinions regarding the efficiency of the role-playing experience. The areas highlighted as those requiring improvement were the inclusion of various cases, improvement of teamwork, and a reduction in lecture volume. @*Conclusion@# : The participants reported being satisfied with the two-hour program to improve prescribing-related communication for residents and nurses. Future research should improve the program contents by reflecting on the opinions of the participants, and grasp the efficacy of the program by using a tool to measure communication skills or attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration before and after the program.
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We experienced a case in which a central venous catheter (CVC) was misplaced into the wrong vein, which was mistaken for the internal jugular vein (IJV), identified by chest x-ray and ultrasound. The vertebral vein passes through the transverse foramina from the atlas to the 6th cervical vertebra. After exiting the transverse foramen of the 6th vertebra, the vein subsequently runs anterolateral to the vertebral artery and posterior to the IJV and drains the innominate vein. In this case, chest x-ray and ultrasound revealed that the inserted CVC had a course very similar to the vertebral vein. The misplacement of a CVC into the vertebral vein might occur from excessive rotation of the patient's head, which leads to alterations in the cervical vascular anatomy, and from deep insertion of the puncture needle. Therefore, it is advised, for safe CVC insertion, to minimize a patient's head rotation and to make use of ultrasound when the anatomical structures cannot be clearly identified.