Emergency medicine resident productivity across consecutive shifts.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Clinical productivity is an important operational and educational metric for emergency medicine (EM) residents. It is unclear whether working consecutive days and circadian disruption impact resident productivity. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between consecutive shifts and productivity.

Methods

This was a single-site retrospective observational study using data from academic year 2021-2022 (July 1, 2021-June 23, 2022). Productivity was defined as primary resident encounters with patients per hour (PPH). Postgraduate year (PGY)-1 and PGY-2 productivity data and schedules were abstracted from the electronic medical record and scheduling software. Descriptive statistics, including arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and

SUBMITTER: Shaw DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10950021 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature