Table 1.

Hospital physicians’ work problems and self-developed solutions

Problem category	Physicians’ solutions for implementation
Work organization	- Joint ward rounds to improve mutual coordination of physicians’ and nurses’ work schedules during mornings,
	- Redirection of external telephone calls to reduce unnecessary workflow interruptions (to head physicians’ secretary),
	- Regularly scheduled consultation hours for relatives of patients in the afternoon,
Leadership quality	- Re-implementation of annual performance feedback and appraisal interview through departments’ head physicians,
	- Enhanced presence of supervisors on wards,
Internal information flow and quality	- Enhanced transparency of time documentation and subsequent salary accounting,
	- Implementation of department electronic whiteboard to spread information,
Qualification and training	- Inner-departmental schedule for specialty training,
	- Enhanced practice of case conferences in the department to discuss current patients,
	- Access online libraries; financial support of external training visits