Table 3 Categorization of job tasks
Task name | Description |
|---|---|
Internal communication/Meetings | Conversation with physicians or other medical staff; advanced training |
Documentation and Administrative tasks | Writing discharge letters, administrative work, daily notes, disability letters |
Ward round/Admission to hospital | Examination in the sickbed by one or several doctors; obtaining patient history and examining patients when they enter the hospital |
Indirect patient care | Chart rounds, literature research, charging infusion plans, evaluation of findings |
Direct patient care | Clinical examinations, scientifically documented tests |
Communication with patients | Face-to-face communication with the patient, family meetings |
Resting period: "breaks" | Time of recovery (e.g. lunch), bathroom breaks |
Walking around | Walking around between tasks |
Work obstacles | Searching for documents, waiting for patients, reports, computer problems |
Teaching | Activities of educating medical students |
Miscellaneous | Time spent on personal activities (e.g. changing working clothes) |