'August is always a nightmare': Results of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Society of Acute Medicine August transition survey

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-326

  Vaughan, Louella ^a   McAlister, Graeme ^b   Bell, Derek ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

August transition; Medical education; Preregistration house officer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LEAVE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAINING;

EID: 80051724228     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-4-322     Document Type: Article

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