First-Year Medical Residents Spend Little Time on Patient Care

(Reuters Health)—Over a typical 24-hour shift, first year residents training in internal medicine spend just three hours on direct patient care and only 1.8 hours on education, a U.S. study suggests. Most of their time—an average of 15.9 hours out of every 24-hour shift—is consumed instead by “indirect patient care,” primarily involving interactions with medical... [Read More]

Source: The Rheumatologist - April 17, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Lisa Rapaport Tags: Education & Training electronic health record graduate medical education medical students patient care Source Type: research