Answering questions on call: Pediatric resident physicians' use of handoffs and other resources

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 328-333

  Mcsweeney, Maireade E ^a   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b   Jiang, Hongyu ^a   Starmer, Amy ^a,c   Lightdale, Jenifer R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT HANDOFF; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878936898     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2038     Document Type: Article

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