Research on regularity of emergency patients visiting doctors during holidays and festival days / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To investigate the regularity of variation in number of emergency patients visiting doctors within each 24 h during holidays and festival days,so as to provide a scientific basis for hospital administration and the rational allocation of human resources.Methods Based on the hospital's statistical data of emergency patients visiting doctors during winters from December 2010 to February 2014,a retrospective analysis was carried out for the number and the visiting time of emergency patients on holidays (weekends,the minor long holiday of 3 days for New Year and the major long holiday of 7 days for spring festival) and on general working days (Monday to Friday),respectively.The variation in number of patients and peak time of visiting doctors were analyzed by using circular distribution method,and compared the differences in the number of emergency patients visiting doctors and peak time period between holidays and working days.Results Most of emergency patient visitors were 50-79 years old males; the number of emergency patients on holidays was significantly higher than that on general working days,especially during the seven-day spring festival (P ＜ 0.01),while the number on New Year' s day was similar to that on weekends; peak time for emergency patients' visiting doctors was from 13:05 to 0:28 during general working days.On the contrary,the peak time occurred earlier at 10:05 until 21:05 during the holidays if the hospital offers half-day outpatient service,and in the absence of outpatient service,the peak time emerged further earlier at 9:16 until 21:26 during holidays.Conclusions The ages,number and the peak time of emergency patients visiting doctors on holidays are different from those on the general working days,so medical staff on duty should be arranged reasonably to follow this regularity.

Establishing tutorial system for visiting anesthesiologists / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Visiting doctors' training is a main part of medical education in general hospital,but it has not gained full attention.Based on the features of visiting doctors and the department,a new teaching method-tutorial system was applied to enhance the responsibility of tutors and the sense of belongings of visiting doctors.Individual teaching method was used to enhance the overall quality of visiting doctors and to guarantee the safety of anesthesia treatment for patients.The tutorial system clarified and enhanced the relationship between tutors and visiting doctors and it would be a new teaching mode for the visiting doctors' education in the department of anesthesiology.