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Managing competing demands through task-switching and multitasking: a multi-setting observational study of 200 clinicians over 1000 hours

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  • Scott R Walter Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ling Li Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William T M Dunsmuir Faculty of Science, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Johanna I Westbrook Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Scott R Walter, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Level 1, AGSM Building, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia; scott.walter{at}unsw.edu.au
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Walter SR, Li L, Dunsmuir WTM, et al
Managing competing demands through task-switching and multitasking: a multi-setting observational study of 200 clinicians over 1000 hours
BMJ Quality & Safety 2014;23:231-241.

Publication history

  • Received April 28, 2013
  • Revised August 18, 2013
  • Accepted September 12, 2013
  • First published October 17, 2013.
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May 13, 2016

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