Perceptions of a night float system for intern doctors in an internal medicine program: an Asian perspective / 한국의학교육
Korean Journal of Medical Education
; : 271-276, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-759888
Biblioteca responsável:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Long duty hours have been associated with significant medical errors, adverse events, and physician “burn-out”. An innovative night float (NF) system has been implemented in our internal medicine program to reduce the negative effects of long duty hours associated with conventional full-call systems. However, concerns remain if this would result in inadequate training for interns. We developed a structured questionnaire to assess junior doctors’ perceptions of the NF system compared to full calls, in areas of patient safety, medical training, and well-being. Ninety-seven (71%) of the 137 doctors polled responded. Ninety-one (94%) felt the NF system was superior to the full call system. A strong majority felt NF was beneficial for patient safety compared to full call (94% vs. 2%, p<0.001). The NF system was also perceived to reduce medical errors (94% vs. 2%, p<0.001) and reduce physician “burn-out” (95% vs. 5%, p<0.001). Beyond being a practical solution to duty-hour limitations, there was a significant perceived benefit of the NF system compared to the full call in terms of overall satisfaction, patient safety, reducing medical errors and physician “burn-out”.
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Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Satisfação do Paciente
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Erros Médicos
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Plantão Médico
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Povo Asiático
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Educação Médica
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Segurança do Paciente
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Medicina Interna
Tipo de estudo:
Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Korean Journal of Medical Education
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo