Doing the dirty work: Measuring and optimizing resident workload

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-9

  Fletcher, Kathlyn E ^a   Reed, Darcy A ^b   Arora, Vineet M ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; WORKLOAD;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78751580625     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1558-8     Document Type: Editorial

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