title: Efficiency and effectiveness in the urgent care clinic.
abstract: Events at an urgent care clinic are unpredictable. On a given day, a practitioner may be challenged, bored, frustrated, and excited by patients and the problems they bring for evaluation. The setting offers a concentrated learning environment to sharpen clinical skills because of the many patients with various medical problems seen in a relatively short period. Keys to success in urgent care are organized evaluation of every patient and vigilance to the opportunity to intervene and make a significant difference in patient outcome.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003933:Diagnosis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans