Open AccessAn Analysis (Time Study) of Service and Education in a Neurosurgery Residency Program
Author(s) -
Anthony J. Raimondi
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-197805000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , neurosurgery , specialty , service (business) , medical education , residency training , family medicine , surgery , marketing , continuing education , business
A time study analysis of the activities of neurosurgery residents, allocating their time to one of four categories (service, education, questionable, personal), indicates that the service-education percentage ratio is 44.65:37.34 during the week and 61.50:28.11 for the weekend. The distribution of activities within service and education categories identifies the extent to which a neurosurgery resident in this program is a student, although most of the "service" activities are those that a neurosurgeon must learn to perform efficiently in order to practice his specialty.