Can a senior house officer's time be used more effectively?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 545-547

  Mitchell, J ^a   Hayhurst, C ^a   Robinson, Susan M ^b  

^a East Anglian Rotation ^*  (Gambia)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING TIME; WRITING;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 4544229819     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.007088     Document Type: Article

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