Applying mathematical models to predict resident physician performance and alertness on traditional and novel work schedules

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Klerman, Elizabeth B ^a,b   Beckett, Scott A ^a   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian misalignment; Intern; Modeling; Physician in training; Resident; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; ROTATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84992193918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0751-9     Document Type: Article

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