Perspective: ten thousand hours to patient safety, sooner or later.

Vincent D Pellegrini

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Perspective: ten thousand hours to patient safety, sooner or later.

January 30, 2005

Pellegrini VD. Acad Med. 2012;87(2):164-7.

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Discussing efforts to reduce resident fatigue and sleep deprivation to augment safety, this perspective advocates for training programs to focus on competency, which may entail extending the length of residency.

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