Housestaff Experience, Workload, and Test Ordering in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Griffith, Charles H., III; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ532780

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446

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Housestaff Experience, Workload, and Test Ordering in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Griffith, Charles H., III; And Others

Academic Medicine, v71 n10 p1106-08 Oct 1996

A study of the workload of nine medical interns and seven residents in a neonatal intensive care nursery investigated the number of X-rays, arterial blood gas analyses (ABGs), and electrolyte determinations ordered for 321 infants over 5 months. Results show that as the workload increased, interns ordered ABGs more often than residents, especially on weekends when housestaff had less supervision. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Decision Making, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Job Analysis, Medical Education, Medical Students, Neonates, Occupational Information, Professional Education, Student Experience, Supervision

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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