The Perceived Effect of Duty Hour Restrictions on Learning Opportunities in the Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many countries have reduced resident duty hours in an effort to promote patient safety and enhance resident quality of life. There are concerns that reducing duty hours may impact residents' learning opportunities.

Objectives

We (1) evaluated residents' perceptions of their current learning opportunities in a context of reduced duty hours, and (2) explored the perceived change in resident learning opportunities after call length was reduced from 24 continuous hours to 16 hours.

Methods

We conducted an anonymous, cross-sectional online survey of 240 first-, second-, and third-year residents rotating through 3 McGill University-affiliated intensive care units (ICUs) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013. The survey investigated

SUBMITTER: Sabri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4507927 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature