RT Journal
A1 Nagamatsu S, Weinert CR
T1 QUality improvement interventions in intensive care units
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2011
FD May 4
VO 305
IS 17
SP 1764
OP 1765
DO 10.1001/jama.2011.558
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.558
AB 
In our ICU, many nurses review educational materials about new unit practices or devices assigned by their nurse managers when they do not have patient care responsibilities. Learning these materials is part of the job, and they are held accountable by their employer, the hospital. Physicians rarely do something similar during their clinical workday. Physician education is done away from work at specific continuing medical education opportunities and is generally tied to state medical licensure and national board-certification requirements. The content presented is rarely specific to the hospital at which they work.