Impact of trainees on length of stay in the emergency department at an academic medical center

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 245-248

  Dehon, Erin ^a   Mclemore, Gerald ^a   Mckenzie, L Kendall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department crowding; interns; length of stay; medical students

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928955191     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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