Analysis of consultation in orthopedic department of comprehensive grade A hospital and its guiding significance to clinic and teaching

Objective To evaluate the time span, space distribution, disease spectrum, professional and technical requirements of orthopedic surgeons for consultation in orthopedic department in a large comprehensive grade A hospital, so as to strengthen clinical teaching and improve the quality and efficiency of consultation. Methods The data of consultation received by the department of orthopedics in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from December 2020 to January 2022 were collected and sorted out by the hospital information system, and the correlation between consultation time span, department, consultation purpose, diseases involved, orthopedic treatment opinions, relevance of consultation to patients' main purpose of hospitalization was classified and summarized. Results In the statistical time range, a total of 1 528 consultations were completed by the department of orthopedics, involving 41 clinical departments. The consultation calling peak was from 8 am to 11 am and from 15 pm to 17 pm,and consultation on M