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Wayne S. Barry, MD; Fereidoon Kharabi, MD; Gary Nyman, MD; Chester W. Schmidt, MD

JAMA. 1979;242(13):1394-1395.

Abstract
Senior medical residents were used to extend psychiatric coverage in a busy hospital emergency room. Their service was supported by the backup consultation of senior psychiatric physicians. The medical residents worked in conjunction with psychiatric residents to provide 24-hour daily emergency psychiatric service to more than 350 patients during a 12-month period. There were no significant differences in the demographic composition of the patient population seen or in the disposition of individual patients made between the medical and psychiatric residents. The hospital was able to expand its psychiatric service in the emergency room without major increases in cost. The medical residents benefited by experiencing a more diversified patient care training program, and they earned a modest supplement to their house officer salary.

(JAMA 242:1394-1395, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Medicine (Dr Barry) and Psychiatry (Drs Kharabi, Nyman, and Schmidt), The Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore City Hospitals; the Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, College Park, and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland (Dr Nyman).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Baltimore City Hospitals, 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224 (Dr Barry).

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