[Part-time medical specialist training; experiences with job-sharing for trainee internists].
Due to various factors such as social changes, an increasing number of couples with two incomes, and a growing proportion of female doctors, there has been a growing demand for part-time work in recent years. This is also true for resident physicians. Objections such as a discontinuity in care and the decline in the quality of education frequently prevent resident physicians from working part-time. Over the past two years, the University Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has experimented with job-sharing on clinical wards for resident physicians in internal medicine. This approach works well in practice, as long as a number of conditions, including the proper transfer of medical information and good communication, are satisfied. Job-sharing is one means of satisfying the growing demand for part-time work among resident physicians and specialists.
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Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd. Algemeen Interne Geneeskunde, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D009426:Netherlands; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution; D016526:Workload