Resident-faculty overnight discrepancy rates as a function of number of consecutive nights during a week of night float.
Peterson C, Moore M, Sarwani N, et al. Resident-faculty overnight discrepancy rates as a function of number of consecutive nights during a week of night float. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(3):368-372. doi:10.1515/dx-2020-0092.
Recent duty hour reforms are intended to improve patient safety and resident well-being. This study explored whether resident performance declines as a function of consecutive overnight shifts, but results indicate no significant trend in overnight report discrepancies between the night float resident and the daytime attending.