The impact of various learner arrangements on emergency department staff productivity

Purpose This study aimed to examine how different learner arrangements affect the number of patients seen per hour by staff emergency physicians in ambulatory and non-ambulatory zones of two tertiary teaching hospitals in Ottawa, Canada. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study analyzing all em...

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Published in:Canadian journal of emergency medicine 2024-12, Vol.26 (12), p.883-889
Main Authors: Maher, Jessica, Landreville, Jeff, Turk, Julien, Nemnom, Marie-Joe, Odorizzi, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory care
Canada
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Internship and Residency
Male
Medical education
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Ontario
Original Research
Physicians
Productivity
Public Health
Retrospective Studies
Workload - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Purpose This study aimed to examine how different learner arrangements affect the number of patients seen per hour by staff emergency physicians in ambulatory and non-ambulatory zones of two tertiary teaching hospitals in Ottawa, Canada. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study analyzing all emergency department (ED) shifts at the Civic and General Campus EDs of The Ottawa Hospital from April 2022 to March 2023. Data collected included shift type (ambulatory or non-ambulatory), learner arrangement, and number of patients seen per hour. Descriptive statistics and two-sample, two-tailed t tests to analyze the relationship between patients seen per hour and learner arrangements. Results We analyzed 8161 shifts over the study period, including 5233 in ambulatory care and 2928 in non-ambulatory care areas. Among ambulatory care shifts, the average number of patients seen per hour was 2.1 (95% CI 2.1–2.1) when working alone, 1.9 (1.9–2.0, p  
ISSN:1481-8035
1481-8043
1481-8043
DOI:10.1007/s43678-024-00775-4