The effect of workload reduction on the quality of residents' discharge summaries.

Margaret H Coit; Joel T Katz; Graham T McMahon

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The effect of workload reduction on the quality of residents' discharge summaries.

January 19, 2011

Coit MH, Katz JT, McMahon GT. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26(1):28-32.

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Residents working on a redesigned inpatient rotation with lower patient census completed higher quality discharge summaries compared with residents on a traditional rotation.

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