The Effect of Reducing Maximum Shift Lengths to 16 Hours on Internal Medicine Interns’ Educational Opportunities
Theobald CN, Stover DG, Choma NN, Hathaway J, Green JK, Peterson NB, Sponsler KC, Vasilevskis EE, Kripalani S, Sergent J, Brown NJ, Denny JC. The Effect of Reducing Maximum Shift Lengths to 16 Hours on Internal Medicine Interns’ Educational Opportunities. Academic Medicine 2013, 88: 512-518. PMID: 23425987, PMCID: PMC3638874, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e318285800f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersClinical CompetenceEducation, Medical, GraduateFemaleHumansInternal MedicineInternship and ResidencyMalePersonnel Staffing and SchedulingTennesseeTime FactorsWork Schedule ToleranceWorkloadConceptsDuty hour restrictionsMaximum shift lengthsInternal medicine internsHour restrictionsVanderbilt University Medical CenterUniversity Medical CenterCommon presenting problemMedicine internsMore patientsUnique patientsInpatient encountersMorning report conferencesMedian numberMedical CenterProgress notesClinical exposureProcedural experienceShift lengthPresenting problemPatientsMore historyHoursExposureAttendanceInterns