Assessing competence needs for doctors in the emergency department duty rosters: an observational study

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of our investigation is to analyze if emergency epidemiology is randomly variable or predictable. If emergency admissions show a predictable pattern, we can use it for multiple planning purposes, especially defining competence needs for duty roster personnel.

Method

An observational study of consecutive emergency admissions at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen over six years. We extracted the discharge diagnoses from our electronic patient record and sorted the patients by diagnoses and frequency. Data were loaded into a Jupyter notebook and presented in form of frequency diagrams. The study population, 213,801 patients, comprises all emergency admissions in need of secondary emergency care from the relevant specialities in the catchment area

SUBMITTER: Kolnes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10280889 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature