Clinical and education workload measurements using personal digital assistant-based software

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  MacGregor, Daune L ^a   Tallett, Susan ^a   MacMillana, Sharon ^a   Gerber, Richard ^a   O'Brodovich, Hugh ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical care; e mail; PDA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; E-MAIL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; JOB PERFORMANCE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; WORKLOAD; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTORS; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; SOFTWARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750109614     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0515     Document Type: Article

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