title: The educational value of being a house surgeon.
abstract: A time and motion study has been performed with four house surgeons. The results suggest that modern pre-registration housemen spend over 75% of their time in a hospital service role. There is only a small amount of supervised teaching in what is regarded as an educational post.
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D006113:United Kingdom