Using optimization models to demonstrate the need for structural changes in training programs for surgical medical residents

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-227

  Turner, Jonathan ^a   Kim, Kibaek ^b   Mehrotra, Sanjay ^b   DaRosa, Debra A ^c   Daskin, Mark S ^d   Rodriguez, Heron E ^c  

^a University Hospital Augusta   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Handoffs; Medical education; Operations research; Residency; Resident case logs; Staffing and scheduling; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PATIENT HANDOFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883830704     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9230-6     Document Type: Article

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