Hours, volume, and type of work of preregistration house officers.

Hours, volume, and type of work of preregistration house officers.

OBJECTIVE To determine the hours, volume, and type of work undertaken by preregistration house officers. DESIGN Continuous observation of 472 hours of work performed by 12 preregistration house officers based in medical wards, using standard procedures for studying work patterns. SETTING A teaching hospital with 340 beds assigned to general medicine and coronary care. SUBJECTS 12 Of the 1...

Reducing hours of work of preregistration house officers: report on a shift system.

OBJECTIVE To determine the advantages and disadvantages of a shift system of working compared with the conventional on call system for preregistration house officers. DESIGN A shift system of working was employed in the unit from 1 August 1989 to 31 July 1990. During attachments of three or six months four house officers rotated at intervals of one month among three daytime shifts and one nig...

Appointment of preregistration house officers.

A new programme to try and match the preferences of students and consultants in preregistration appointments has been designed after a survey of student opinion. It is based on five main principles: a standardized change-over date for posts; holding only one post in a teaching hospital; separate application for house physician and house surgeon appointments; application six months before the po...

A survey of intravenous drug administration by preregistration house officers.

Preregistration house officers in general practice: review of evidence.

OBJECTIVES To examine the strengths and weaknesses of the national and local schemes for preregistration house officers to spend four months in general practice, to identify any added value from such placements, and to examine the impact on career choices. DESIGN Review of all studies that reported on placements of preregistration house officers in general practice. SETTING 19 accounts of p...