Effects of a night-team system on resident sleep and work hours

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1142-1147

  Chua, Kao Ping ^a   Gordon, Mary Beth ^b   Sectish, Theodore ^a   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Graduate medical education; Internship; Night team; Residency; Sleep deprivation; Staffing; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NIGHT WORK; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SLEEP TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; WORKLOAD;

EID: 83155192943     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1049     Document Type: Article

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