The impact of emergency department overcrowding on resident education

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-73

  Mahler, Simon A ^a   McCartney, Jeannie R ^a   Swoboda, Thomas K ^a   Yorek, Lauren ^a   Arnold, Thomas C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; overcrowding; resident education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHIFT WORKER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856085147     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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