Fracture clinic redesign: Improving standards in patient care and interprofessional education

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue JULY, 2012, Pages

  Murray, Odhrán ^a   Christen, Kate ^a   Marsh, Andrew ^a   Bayer, Jens ^a  

^a Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture clinic; Interprofessional education; Medical education; Quality improvement; Service redesign

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE CLINIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORALITY; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MORALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864570474     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13630     Document Type: Article

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