| Abstrakt: |
This article examines the performance of medical students, interns, residents, and practicing physicians. The productivity of professional employees, such as medical residents, is an under-researched area. Case studies have suggested that administrators and managers are concerned about professional productivity for example, in a study of salaried physicians in a large medical group, he revealed that administrators attempted to specify the number of hours physicians worked and the number of patients per hour seen by physicians, yet hard data on this topic are lacking. Another problem is that it is difficult to interpret physician productivity, a highly regarded physician with a large practice may see more patients than a less renowned physician, even though the two are equally quick workers. In this study, fortunately, they have a setting which enables them to assess physician productivity directly. In the primary care clinic, patients form a line and are seen by whichever resident is available; each resident works the same hours. The number of patients a resident sees, therefore, is a direct result of the speed at which he or she works. |
