Overnight call and cognitive functioning: Will tablet-based assessment be the solution for safety check in residents?

For the purpose of promoting safe patient care and high-quality learning, with a focus on reducing medical errors due to sleep deprivation, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) established an 80-hour work week for all accredited residency programs in 2003 [7,9]. [...]only...

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Published inJournal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 40; pp. 123 - 124
Main Authors Chen, Fei, PhD, Martinelli, Susan M., MD, Arora, Harendra, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2017
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Circadian rhythm
Cognition
Humans
Internship and Residency
Medical errors
Medical residencies
Pain Medicine
Patient safety
Physicians
Sleep deprivation
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Summary:For the purpose of promoting safe patient care and high-quality learning, with a focus on reducing medical errors due to sleep deprivation, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) established an 80-hour work week for all accredited residency programs in 2003 [7,9]. [...]only correlation inferences can be made on the association between the shifts and cognitive function slowing. Timely assessment and management of sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm disruption is a topic of vital significance to physician well-being and for safety of patients.
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ISSN:0952-8180
1873-4529
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinane.2017.05.007