An assessment of emergency medicine residents' ability to perform in a multitasking environment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1289-1294

  Ledrick, David ^a   Fisher, Susan ^b   Thompson, Justin ^c   Sniadanko, Mark ^a,d  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cogniscient Research Solutions ^*  (United States)

^c Eastern Idaho Regional Med Center   (United States)

^d Toledo OH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70349099619     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b18e1c     Document Type: Article

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