Job Characteristics of Shipboard Independent Duty Hospital Corpsman.

Abstract

Although shipboard independent duty hospital corpsmen (IDC) play a critical role as the senior medical department representatives aboard the majority of U.S. Navy ships, relatively little is known about the nature and scope of their tasks. Data from the navy-wide (N=330) administration of a 7-day work diary indicated an average 59 hour workweek in port and an 85 hour workweek at sea. Length of workweek was associated with ship type, operational tempo, and IDC paygrade. Administrative duties accounted for the greatest proportion of the workweek (53%), with direct patient care (21%) and organizational requirements (26%) distributed about evenly. Specific IDC duties at sea differed somewhat between submarines and surface ships. Job satisfaction was found to be inversely related to the proportion of time required for administrative duties at sea (p<.01). Results are discussed in the terms of the standard Navy workweek.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA173444

Entities

People

  • D. S. Nice
  • Thomas F. Hilton

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Job Analysis
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Patient Care Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Regression Analysis
  • Shipboard
  • Standards
  • Submarines
  • Training
  • Workload

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Organizational Psychology.