An observational study of hospital paging practices and workflow interruption among on-call junior neurological surgery residents.

Kyle M. Fargen; Timothy O'Connor; Steven Raymond; Justin M. Sporrer; William A. Friedman

doi:10.4300/JGME-D-11-00306.1

An observational study of hospital paging practices and workflow interruption among on-call junior neurological surgery residents.

Kyle M. Fargen, Timothy O'Connor, Steven Raymond, Justin M. Sporrer, William A. Friedman

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Graduate Medical Education
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-11-00306.1
State	Published - Nov 30 2012

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Emergency Medicine

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