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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
Rotating residents (RRs) were surveyed to determine their impressions of an emergency department (ED) run by career emergency physicians (EPs), in the hope of generating insights into controversies that occur between the ED and other hospital departments. A questionnaire was distributed to RRs at Taipei Veterans General Hospital in September 1993. The questionnaire inquired about basic data, workload, and ED training and teaching, and also asked respondents for their overall evaluation of emergency medicine and EPs. Of 117 questionnaires issued to residents who had rotated in the ED during the previous 5 years, 60 respondents from the departments of internal medicine, family medicine, chest medicine, neurology, and respiratory therapy completed and returned the questionnaires. Ninety percent believed the workload of the ED to be heavy, and 87% considered two to three months to be an appropriate ED training time. Only 40% were willing to extend their ED training time to achieve a more reasonable workload, and 83% considered their ED residency stressful, with too many patients and long working hours cited as the leading sources of stress. Fear of malpractice suits and difficult interaction with patients and patients' families were also cited as stressful factors. All RRs considered ED training important; self-learning and the accumulation of ED experience, as well as the conference on emergency pitfalls, were the two aspects of training most favored, garnering approval by 92% and 80%, respectively. The overall impression of the RRs on emergency medicine and the performance of EPs was favorable.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0735-6757
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
232-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Rotating residents' impressions of an ED managed by career emergency physicians.
pubmed:affiliation
Emergency Department, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article