Table 4 Requesting physicians' free comments to the survey.
From: Requesting physicians' experiences regarding infectious disease consultations
Item | Frequency (n) |
|---|---|
Suggestions | |
Recommendations should be given directly by the board-certified infectious disease specialist | 7 |
The traceability of recommendations should be improved | 3 |
Other specialists should develop hotline consultations | 1 |
Teaching sessions should be performed on frequently asked questions | 1 |
Guidelines should be published on the hospital's computer network | 1 |
Positive comments | |
Infectious disease consultation perfect, practical, or essential | 7 |
Infectious disease specialist can hospitalize the patient in the infectious disease care unit if necessary | 1 |
Negative comments | |
The effort in self-training is reduced by facility of access | 2 |
Recommendations are excessively standardized given that the patient is not examined | 2 |
Computerized guidelines are not used | 1 |
There are contradictions between board-certified infectious disease specialist and resident recommendations | 1 |