Effect of 16-hour duty periods on patient care and resident education.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the effect of duty periods no longer than 16 hours on patient care and resident education.

Patients and methods

As part of our Educational Innovations Project, we piloted a novel resident schedule for an inpatient service that eliminated shifts longer than 16 hours without increased staffing or decreased patient admissions on 2 gastroenterology services from August 29 to November 27, 2009. Patient care variables were obtained through medical record review. Resident well-being and educational variables were collected by weekly surveys, end of rotation evaluations, and an electronic card-swipe system.

Results

Patient care metrics, including 30-day mortality, 30-day readmission rate, and length of stay, were unchanged for the 196 patient care episode

SUBMITTER: McCoy CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3046938 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature