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Shifting indirect patient care duties to after hours in the era of work hours restrictions.
Mourad M, Vidyarthi AR, Hollander H, Ranji SR. Acad Med. 2011;86:586-590.

This study found that dictating discharge summaries was a task residents commonly completed after hours. With greater work hour restrictions on the horizon, strategies to manage indirect patient care activities may include using them as opportunities to teach system-based practice improvement.
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