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Resident-faculty overnight discrepancy rates as a function of number of consecutive nights during a week of night float.
January 13, 2021
Peterson C, Moore M, Sarwani N, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(3):368-372.
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.
