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Have any of you come across recent research papers on this from STEM engineers and medical professionals inside and outside of academia?

• frozenport 10y ago
  Yes. In the case of MDs there is contradictory evidence. On one hand, a popular form of hazing is to make junior members work insane sleepless hours (like 24 hours straight!). On the other hand, the transfer of care from one doctor to another is a common source of errors. PhD is a whole different story because cut-throat competition, the 996 work habits, and oppressive Confucius culture are hallmarks of the student's native lands. tldr; Doctors are like frat boys while PhD students bring the cultural norms from their home countries.
  • robryan 10y ago
    Surely the answer would be to improve the transfer of care process. Transfer is probably even worse after someone has worked 24 hours.
    • mjevans 10y ago
      Maybe a Remote First (document /everything/ proactively as if someone else might have to pick things up the very next moment) work style would improve that situation. There were discussions about that in the past, but I don't recall any of them having made the connection that it being brought back up in this context provided me...
• tbihl 10y ago
  Less on overwork generally, and more sleep specifically: the US Navy, and especially the submarine force, has a porblem with not sleeping enough, and​ in the case of submarines, sometimes crashing into things because of it. Probably as a result of this, the navy's postgraduate school has a large sleep study niche for people getting their master's degrees. I haven't read the theses, but they might be worth a look. Here's the search portal: http://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/17 http://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/17 Searching 'sleep' yields a 106-page list of theses.