Communicating an unfavourable prognosis while maintaining patient hope represents a
critical challenge for healthcare professionals (HPs). Duty requires respect for the right to …

Introduction Although well-performing workforce is essential to equitable and efficient health
service delivery, few countries have systematically addressed performance improvements …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Seit längerem wird über die steigende
Arbeitsbelastung der in Gesundheitsberufen Tätigen und daraus resultierende …

Background Teaching medicine is a complex task because medical teachers are also
involved in clinical practice and research and the availability of cases with rare diseases is …

Multitasking lässt sich als Verhaltensstrategie beschreiben, bei der versucht wird, in einem
bestimmten Zeitraum mehrere Aufgaben parallel zu bewältigen. Angesichts der sich in den …

Highly interruptive clinical environments may cause work stress and suboptimal clinical
care. This study features an intervention to reduce workflow interruptions by re‐designing …

Estimating the Time Involved in Managing the ‘Unoccupied Bed:’ A Time and Motion Study
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Background Health professionals are especially affected by various stressors in their daily
work, such as a high workload, physical and emotional challenges. The aim of this study …

Abstract Health Care Providers (HCPs) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) communicate
effectively to coordinate timely patient care. HCPs rapidly switch between patient care …

Movement and contacts are central to the transmission of infectious diseases and, within the
hospital setting, healthcare worker (HCW) mobility and their contact with patients play an …