Hospital physicians perform five types of work duties in Japan: An observational study

Table 2 Number of work types performed by 20 physicians at one observation

	Patient care direct/indirect	Education	Research	Professional development	Administration	Total	Observation time (min)
1	✓	✓		✓	✓	4	707
2	✓	✓	✓	✓		4	846*
3	✓		✓	✓	✓	4	737.5
4	✓	✓				2	618.5
5	✓		✓	✓		3	638*
6	✓	✓	✓	✓		4	592
7	✓	✓				2	620
8	✓	✓	✓		✓	4	743*
9	✓	✓	✓			3	291
10	✓	✓			✓	3	666.5
11	✓			✓		2	618.5
12	✓	✓		✓		3	631
13	✓		✓	✓	✓	4	813
14	✓	✓	✓		✓	4	576.5*
15	✓	✓				2	540.5*
16	✓	✓		✓	✓	4	734*
17	✓			✓	✓	3	630
18	✓			✓		2	737
19	✓	✓		✓	✓	4	614
20	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	5	770.5

Note: *indicates the physicians who spent additional time at the hospital before or after the observation.

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