Inpatient staffing within pediatric residency programs: Work hour restrictions and the evolving role of the pediatric hospitalist

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-303

  Oshimura, Jennifer ^a   Sperring, Jeffrey ^a   Bauer, Benjamin D ^a   Rauch, Daniel A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; WORK HOUR; WORKING TIME;

DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84859442853     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.952     Document Type: Article

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