Skip Navigation
The Collection >
In Conversation with…Christopher P. Landrigan, MD AHRQ WebM&M icon
AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2005.
In October 2004, in what immediately became a landmark paper in patient safety, Dr. Landrigan and his colleagues reported the results of their study on sleep deprivation and medical errors among interns. The AHRQ-funded study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, revealed 36% more serious errors and 5.6 times more serious diagnostic errors among interns working a traditional schedule of more than 24 hours in a row than among interns working shorter shifts (1). We spoke with Dr. Landrigan, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, about his research and his thoughts on how the study findings might affect residency training in the future.
Free full text icon indicating hyperlink to external website
white box
Related Resources
STUDY
Extended work duration and the risk of self-reported percutaneous injuries in interns.
Ayas NT, Barger LK, Cade BE, et al. JAMA. 2006;296:1055-1062.
STUDY
Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units.
Landrigan CP, Rothschild JM, Cronin JW, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1838-1848.
STUDY
Effect of reducing interns' weekly work hours on sleep and attentional failures.
Lockley SW, Cronin JW, Evans EE, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1829-1837.
View all related resources...
white box
Download: Adobe Reader   email icon Email
tan box
Find Related Resources by...
Resource Type   
style=
Setting of Care  
style=
Target Audience  
style=
Clinical Area  
style=
Safety Target  
style=
Error Types  
style=
Approach to Improving Safety  
white box