Journal article
Managing Multiplicity
Abstract
PURPOSE: Emergency physicians (EPs) regularly manage multiple patients simultaneously, often making time-sensitive decisions around priorities for multiple patients. Few studies have explored physician cognition in multipatient scenarios. The authors sought to develop a conceptual framework to describe how EPs think in busy, multipatient environments.
METHOD: From July 2014 to May 2015, a qualitative study was conducted at McMaster University, …
Authors
Chan TM; Mercuri M; Van Dewark K; Sherbino J; Schwartz A; Norman G; Lineberry M
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 93, No. 5, pp. 786–793
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 2018
DOI
10.1097/acm.0000000000002081
ISSN
1040-2446