Code Of Conduct

To be enforced by the department chief where required. Based on hospital policies.

All physician members of KWEMA agree to:

• Be on time for the start of one's shift and start seeing patients at the start of a shift.
• Be professional toward physician colleagues, resource nurses, and all other ED staff.
• Transition between the various zones within the departments as outlined on the shift maps posted throughout the departments.
• Physically remain within the department during one's assigned "resuscitation time" unless circumstances dictate otherwise.
• If a physician must leave the department during their "resuscitation time", notify the resource nurse and a physician colleague with a plan to return as soon as possible.
• Notify another physician about potentially unstable patients if they need to leave the department outside of their "resuscitation time".
• Not skip patient charts or wait-out picking up the next patient chart when free to do so.
• Not spend considerable time within a shift not seeing any new patients.
• Not sign up for more than two (2) patients at a time.
• Promptly see patients after signing up for them so as to not lead to a bed-block situation.
• Not cherry-pick before such time as designated on the shift maps posted throughout the departments.