Understanding the effect of resident duty hour reform: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concern surrounding the effect of resident fatigue on patient care recently led the National Steering Committee on Resident Duty Hours to publish Canadian recommendations suggesting that duty periods of 24 or more consecutive hours without restorative sleep should be avoided. We sought to characterize how different training programs are preparing for the effect of such changes on education, patient care and provider well-being.

Methods

Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, we conducted 18 one-on-one semistructured interviews with program directors, division directors and department chiefs from 11 residency programs affiliated with one Canadian medical school. We gathered and analyzed data iteratively until we reached theoretical saturation.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Wu PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4084747 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature