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Association of resident fatigue and distress with perceived medical errors.
West CP, Tan AD, Habermann TM, Sloan JA, Shanafelt TD. JAMA. 2009;302:1294-1300.

In this longitudinal survey of residents in a single internal medicine training program, residents who reported higher levels of burnout or psychological distress were more likely to report committing serious medical errors.
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