Dictating For Another Physician

In many teaching hospitals, resident physicians may be asked to dictate reports for a patient's attending physician. This process serves two purposes:

• It gives the resident physician experience in learning how to compose his thoughts in order to dictate.

• It transfers the dictation workload from the attending physician to the resident (slave labor) physician.

When this happens, two variables are called into question:

• Access codes

• Signature lines

Next: Access Codes

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