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Table 1 Students diary

From: Does doctors’ workload impact supervision and ward activities of final-year students? A prospective study

 

1 = observed

2 = assisted

 
 

3 = performed under supervision

4 = performed without

 

or with feedback

supervision

Day Activity

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Administration of infusions

               

Arrangement/cancelling appointments for patients

               

Arterial punctures

               

Documentation

               

Drawing blood

               

ECG interpretation

               

Enquiring about results

               

History taking

               

Informative/explanatory consultations

               

Insertion of IV lines

               

Performance of errands

               

Physical examination

               

Prescriptions

               

Presentation of patients on ward rounds

               

Punctures of joints, pleura, paracentesis, etc.

               

Sorting files, copying

               

Transportation of patients

               

Ward rounds

               

Writing discharge letters

               

Other activities:

               

Comments:

               

Please note your satisfaction with your internship: □ very high □ high □ low □ very low.

  1. Students completed a diary of their activities over a 15-day period and stated for specific activities whether they had (1) observed, (2) assisted, (3) performed them under supervision or (4) performed them without supervision. When the student recorded a medical activity with (3), it was counted as supervision. We then counted how many medical activities were recorded as (3) or (4) (actively performed medical activity) and how many non-medical activities were recorded with (3) or (4) (actively performed non-medical activity).