The interpretability of doctor identification badges in UK hospitals: a survey of nurses and patients.

Bethan C Hickerton; Daniel John Fitzgerald; Elizabeth Perry; Alan R De Bolla

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The interpretability of doctor identification badges in UK hospitals: a survey of nurses and patients.

June 25, 2014

Hickerton BC, Fitzgerald DJ, Perry E, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(7):543-7.

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Both patients and nurses were unable to correctly identify physicians' level of seniority when presented with typical physician identification badges. Most concerningly, patients often mistook resident physicians for medical students, and nurses were unable to distinguish physicians-in-training from fully qualified doctors.

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