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I would be surprised if it did. I believe the reduction in doctors’ overtime was a wash for parent safety as more shift handoffs and less sleep deprivation more

I would be surprised if it did. I believe the reduction in doctors’ overtime was a wash for parent safety as more shift handoffs and less sleep deprivation more or less canceled except in surgery where it increased mistakes.

mattkrause 6y ago
Those studies are silly though—-the “reduced” schedule is often still something like 24 hours on-duty (vs 28). Hand-off is also something that could, in principle, be improved whereas long shifts are just butting up against the limits of human physiology.