Use of the telephone by pediatric house staff: a technique for pediatric care not taught.
Pediatric house staff had difficulty taking an adequate telephone history when given a complaint of cough, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash. Increased time in training did not seem to improve history taking. Those responsible for pediatric training programs need to consider instructing house staff in the use of the telephone.
Brown
S B
SB
Departments of Pediatrics and of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N.M. 87131, USA.
Eberle
B J
BJ
D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013689:Telephone