A workshop to improve workflow efficiency in emergency medicine

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-531

  Venugopal, Raghu ^a   Lang, Eddy ^a   Doyle, Ken ^a   Sinclair, Douglas ^b   Unger, Bernard ^a   Afilalo, Marc ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department overcrowding; Patient flow; Physician practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING; WORKLOAD; WORKSHOP; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 62449085172     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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