Tag: residents
1. Residents who were randomly assigned schedules without shifts exceeding 24-hours made more serious medical errors when compared to residents working schedules with 24-hour shifts.
2. When accounting for the higher patient volume experienced by residents working under a schedule without 24-hour shifts, there was no increase in medical...
1. At a teaching hospital in Switzerland, internal medicine residents spent an average of 52.4% and 47.9% of the day shift and evening shift, respectively, on activities indirectly related to the patient and spent 28.0% and 39.4% of the day shift and evening shift, respectively, on activities directly related...
1. In this retrospective cohort study, patient mortality during end-of-rotation handoffs was slightly increased. This effect was increased after ACGME’s resident duty hour regulations were adopted.
2. A more restrictive analysis that reduced sample size but increased homogeneity of patient comparisons did not find a similar association.
Evidence Rating Level: 2...
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1. Saccadic peak velocity magnitude during guided saccade tasks decreased with increased time-on-duty (mean precall = 0.634, mean postcall=0.619, P=0.04).
2. Time on duty did not affect saccadic peak velocity, nor did it affect performance during simulated laparoscopic tasks.
Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent)
Study Rundown: Long work shifts and resident...
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1. A survey of surgical subspecialty program directors found that 21% of program directors (PDs) felt that new fellows were unprepared for the operating room.
2. Only 33.7% of subspecialty program directors felt that new fellows could operate for 30 minutes during a major procedure without supervision, and 30%...